diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-ifup b/scripts/runqemu-ifup
index 870cb6b..9e697a8 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-ifup
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-ifup
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-IFCONFIG=`which ifconfig 2> /dev/null`
+PATH_TMP="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+
+IFCONFIG=`{ PATH=$PATH:$PATH_TMP; which ifconfig 2> /dev/null; }`
 if [ "x$IFCONFIG" = "x" ]; then
 	# better than nothing...
 	IFCONFIG=/sbin/ifconfig
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ if [ ! -x "$IFCONFIG" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-ROUTE=`which route`
+ROUTE=`{ PATH=$PATH:$PATH_TMP; which route 2>/dev/null; }`
 if [ "x$ROUTE" = "x" ]; then
 	# better than nothing...
 	ROUTE=/sbin/route
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ if [ ! -x "$ROUTE" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-IPTABLES=`which iptables 2> /dev/null`
+IPTABLES=`{ PATH=$PATH:$PATH_TMP; which iptables 2> /dev/null; }`
 if [ "x$IPTABLES" = "x" ]; then
 	IPTABLES=/sbin/iptables
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-internal b/scripts/runqemu-internal
index 2968ed9..3214fde 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-internal
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-internal
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$LOCKDIR" ]; then
     chmod 777 $LOCKDIR
 fi
 
-IFCONFIG=`which ifconfig 2> /dev/null`
+PATH_TMP="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+IFCONFIG=`{ PATH=$PATH:$PATH_TMP; which ifconfig 2> /dev/null; }`
 if [ -z "$IFCONFIG" ]; then
     IFCONFIG=/sbin/ifconfig
 fi