diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 650cd8f2..f68fe995 100755
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 PLAN9=`pwd` export PLAN9
-PATH=$PLAN9/bin:$PATH export PATH
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:$PLAN9/bin:$PATH export PATH
 
 echo "Resetting $PLAN9/config"
 rm -f config