diff --git a/gbootroot b/gbootroot
index ca1a830..deb9b0b 100755
--- a/gbootroot
+++ b/gbootroot
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ BEGIN {
 	unshift(@INC,"/usr/share/perl5");
     }
 
+    my $sbin = grep(/\/usr\/sbin/,$ENV{'PATH'});
+    if ($sbin == 0) {
+	$ENV{'PATH'} = "/usr/sbin:" . $ENV{'PATH'};
+    }
+
+    $sbin = grep(/\/sbin/,$ENV{'PATH'});
+    if ($sbin == 0) {
+	$ENV{'PATH'} = "/sbin:" . $ENV{'PATH'};
+    }
+
 
 }