diff --git a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 122d7e05f..a9ad247d9 100644
--- a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -2237,6 +2237,7 @@ class GitLfsTest(FetcherTest):

         uri = 'git://%s;protocol=file;branch=master' % self.srcdir
         self.d.setVar('SRC_URI', uri)
+        self.d.setVar('PATH', os.environ.get('PATH'))

         # Careful: suppress initial attempt at downloading until
         # we know whether git-lfs is installed.