diff --git a/bin/cdist-run-remote b/bin/cdist-run-remote
index 87af8459..93cf9062 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-run-remote
+++ b/bin/cdist-run-remote
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ set -ue
 __cdist_target_host="$1"; shift
 
 ssh "${__cdist_remote_user}@${__cdist_target_host}"   \
-   "PATH=\"${__cdist_remote_bin_dir}:\$PATH\"" "$@"
+   "export PATH=\"${__cdist_remote_bin_dir}:\$PATH\";" "$@"