diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 825fa2a5d2..9cd866745a 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -424,9 +424,11 @@ env.Append (BUILDERS = {'Tarball' : tarball_bld})
 def pushEnvironment(context):
     if os.environ.has_key('PATH'):
 	context.Append(PATH = os.environ['PATH'])
+	context['ENV']['PATH'] = os.environ['PATH']
 	
     if os.environ.has_key('PKG_CONFIG_PATH'):
 	context.Append(PKG_CONFIG_PATH = os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'])
+	context['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_PATH']
 	    
     if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
 	context['CC'] = os.environ['CC']