diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
index 22403e81c582..8a08b3c8cc69 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ELSE()
   # get a list of rocksdb library source files
   # run with env -i to avoid passing variables
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND env -i CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/get_rocksdb_files.sh ${ROCKSDB_FOLLY}
+    COMMAND env -i CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/get_rocksdb_files.sh ${ROCKSDB_FOLLY}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE SCRIPT_OUTPUT
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   )
diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh b/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
index 2165dc61484f..3fcff9e64d4a 100755
--- a/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+if [ -z "$PATH" ]; then
+    export PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
+fi
+
 MKFILE=`mktemp`
 # create and run a simple makefile
 # include rocksdb make file relative to the path of this script