diff --git a/bin/tests/system/run.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/run.sh.in
index 069ccad0ab..29b55e7ea9 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/run.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/run.sh.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if ! $do_run; then
     if [ "$baseport" -eq 0 ]; then
 	log_flags="$log_flags -p 5300"
     fi
-    env - TESTS="$*" TEST_SUITE_LOG=run.log LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--verbose yes --color-tests yes" LOG_FLAGS="$log_flags" make -e check
+    env - PATH="$PATH" ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+"LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"} TESTS="$*" TEST_SUITE_LOG=run.log LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--verbose yes --color-tests yes" LOG_FLAGS="$log_flags" make -e check
     exit $?
 fi