diff --git a/gettext-runtime/src/gettext.sh.in b/gettext-runtime/src/gettext.sh.in
index 1dfa3bb..d6ef8a8 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime/src/gettext.sh.in
+++ b/gettext-runtime/src/gettext.sh.in
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ fi
 # looks up the translation of MSGID and substitutes shell variables in the
 # result.
 eval_gettext () {
-  gettext "$1" | (export PATH `envsubst --variables "$1"`; envsubst "$1")
+  @out@/bin/gettext "$1" | (export PATH `@out@/bin/envsubst --variables "$1"`; @out@/bin/envsubst "$1")
 }
 
 # eval_ngettext MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT
 # looks up the translation of MSGID / MSGID-PLURAL for COUNT and substitutes
 # shell variables in the result.
 eval_ngettext () {
-  ngettext "$1" "$2" "$3" | (export PATH `envsubst --variables "$1 $2"`; envsubst "$1 $2")
+  @out@/bin/ngettext "$1" "$2" "$3" | (export PATH `@out@/bin/envsubst --variables "$1 $2"`; @out@/bin/envsubst "$1 $2")
 }
 
 # Note: This use of envsubst is much safer than using the shell built-in 'eval'