@@ -230,5 +230,6 @@ func createCommand(container *libcontainer.Container, console, logFile string, p

 	command.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{

 		Cloneflags: uintptr(getNamespaceFlags(container.Namespaces)),

 	}

+	command.Env = container.Env

 	return command

 }

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (

 	"io/ioutil"

 	"log"

 	"os"

+	"os/exec"

 	"path/filepath"

 	"syscall"

 )

@@ -80,8 +81,13 @@ func Init(container *libcontainer.Container, uncleanRootfs, console string, pipe

 			return fmt.Errorf("chdir to %s %s", container.WorkingDir, err)

 		}

 	}

-	log.Printf("execing %s goodbye", args[0])

-	if err := system.Exec(args[0], args[0:], container.Env); err != nil {

+	name, err := exec.LookPath(args[0])

+	if err != nil {

+		return err

+	}

+

+	log.Printf("execing %s goodbye", name)

+	if err := system.Exec(name, args[0:], container.Env); err != nil {

 		return fmt.Errorf("exec %s", err)

 	}

 	panic("unreachable")