diff --git a/src/gl-easy-install b/src/gl-easy-install
index d12f98a..90a4061 100755
--- a/src/gl-easy-install
+++ b/src/gl-easy-install
@@ -336,9 +336,10 @@ run_install() {
 
     prompt "installing/upgrading..." "$v_ignore_stuff"
 
-    # extract the GL_ADMINDIR and REPO_BASE locations
+    # extract the GL_ADMINDIR, REPO_BASE and GIT_PATH locations
     GL_ADMINDIR=$(ssh -p $port $user@$host "perl -e 'do \".gitolite.rc\"; print \$GL_ADMINDIR'")
     REPO_BASE=$(  ssh -p $port $user@$host "perl -e 'do \".gitolite.rc\"; print \$REPO_BASE'")
+    GIT_PATH=$(   ssh -p $port $user@$host "perl -e 'do \".gitolite.rc\"; print \$GIT_PATH'")
 
     # determine if this is an upgrade; we decide based on whether a file
     # called $GL_ADMINDIR/conf/gitolite.conf exists on the remote side.  We
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ setup_pta() {
     # space around the "=" in the second and third lines.
 
     echo "cd $REPO_BASE/gitolite-admin.git
+PATH=$PATH:$GIT_PATH
 GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git add conf/gitolite.conf keydir
 GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git diff --cached --quiet || GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git commit -am start
 " | ssh -p $port $user@$host