diff --git a/linux.install b/linux.install
index ba91d5a..9b62cb5 100644
--- a/linux.install
+++ b/linux.install
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 KERNEL_NAME=
 KERNEL_VERSION=3.4.2-2-ARCH
 
+# set a sane PATH to ensure that critical utils like depmod will be found
+export PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'
+
 post_install () {
   # updating module dependencies
   echo ">>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ..."