diff -Naur a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 OSNAME=
 UTF8_LOCALE=
 
-CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | env -i make -sf -`
+CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | env -i PATH="${PATH}" make -sf -`
 CFLAGS=
 LDADD=
 LDFLAGS=