diff -ruN portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/configure portage-prefix-2.1.14/configure
--- portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/configure	2006-07-13 11:08:56.000000000 +0200
+++ portage-prefix-2.1.14/configure	2006-07-13 11:09:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -7010,7 +7010,7 @@
   DOMAIN_PREFIX='/'
 fi;
 
-DEFAULT_PATH="${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/sbin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/sbin:${prefix}/bin"
+DEFAULT_PATH="${prefix}/lib/portage/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/sbin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/sbin:${prefix}/bin"
 
 # Check whether --with-default-path or --without-default-path was given.
 if test "${with_default_path+set}" = set; then
diff -ruN portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/configure.in portage-prefix-2.1.14/configure.in
--- portage-prefix-2.1.14.orig/configure.in	2006-07-13 11:09:50.000000000 +0200
+++ portage-prefix-2.1.14/configure.in	2006-07-13 11:09:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([error finding the user id of ${rootuser}])
 fi
 
-DEFAULT_PATH="${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/sbin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/sbin:${prefix}/bin"
+DEFAULT_PATH="${prefix}/lib/portage/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/usr/sbin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/bin:${DOMAIN_PREFIX}/sbin:${prefix}/bin"
 AC_ARG_WITH(default-path, 
 AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-path], [specify the PATH available to the portage build environment ]),
 [DEFAULT_PATH="${DEFAULT_PATH}":$withval],