1diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
2index bebc82e..3e0127b 100644
3--- a/SConstruct
4+++ b/SConstruct
5@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ srcs = Split('''\
6 ''')
7 libxsettingsd = env.Library('xsettingsd', srcs)
8 env['LIBS'] = libxsettingsd
9+env['ENV']['PATH'] = os.environ.get('PATH', '')
10+env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', '')
11 env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs x11')
12
13 xsettingsd = env.Program('xsettingsd', 'xsettingsd.cc')