diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 2421399..ba39254 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ def create_base_env(vars):
     env_args["package_name"]="RHVoice"
     env_args["CPPDEFINES"]=[("RHVOICE","1")]
     env=Environment(**env_args)
+    env.PrependENVPath("PATH", os.environ["PATH"])
+    env["ENV"]["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"]=os.environ["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"]
+    env["RPATH"]=env["libdir"]
     env["package_version"]=get_version(env["release"])
     env.Append(CPPDEFINES=("PACKAGE",env.subst(r'\"$package_name\"')))
     env.Append(CPPDEFINES=("VERSION",env.subst(r'\"$package_version\"')))