diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 407a18c776c4da5996be49ccea94519bb42b79e5..bb6cc1cd0cc997cb181d86a2d7e92433fd9126d1 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -eo pipefail
 # which python
 
 # Testing.
-export PATH=:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
+export PATH=:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
 
 BIN_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd) # absolute path
 ROOT_DIR=$(dirname $BIN_DIR)