diff --git a/glnx-libcontainer.c b/glnx-libcontainer.c
index b4e93e7f01524253027e47c8e8ab65227ba56b23..8c0f340710eda30fab6e0778b75fb94ef9f6a863 100644
--- a/glnx-libcontainer.c
+++ b/glnx-libcontainer.c
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ glnx_libcontainer_run_chroot_private (const char  *dest,
     }
   else
     {
+      /* Set PATH to something sane. */
+      setenv ("PATH", "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin", 1);
+
       if (execvp (binary, argv) != 0)
         _perror_fatal ("execvp: ");
     }