diff --git a/src/tm_mad/common/mkimage b/src/tm_mad/common/mkimage
index 3471e81410..5f34e252ba 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/common/mkimage
+++ b/src/tm_mad/common/mkimage
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ssh_make_path $DST_HOST $DST_DIR
 MKFS_CMD=`mkfs_command $DST_PATH $FSTYPE`
 
 MKSCRIPT=$(cat <<EOF
+export PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:\$PATH
 $DD if=/dev/zero of=$DST_PATH bs=1 count=1 seek=${SIZE}M
 $MKFS_CMD
 EOF