diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index 211600ed71640246a65f54e71cc3f2e521f6bd98..2336a62fd76505a0016dba9b8e5b6aeb644207f9 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $(TARGETS) : io.$(OBJEXT) ../libnettle.a
 
 
 check: $(TS_ALL)
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../.lib srcdir="$(srcdir)" \
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../.lib PATH="../.lib:$$PATH" srcdir="$(srcdir)" \
 	  EMULATOR="$(EMULATOR)" EXEEXT="$(EXEEXT)" \
           "$(srcdir)"/run-tests $(TS_ALL)