diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8cca88780..428339e70 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ ikiwiki (2.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Add handling of feeds for nested inlines, as well as support for a
     single page containing two different feeds.
   * Also fixed some places in inline that failed to use destpage correctly.
-  * ikiwiki-mass-rebuild: Patch from HenrikBrixAndersen to fix order 
+  * ikiwiki-mass-rebuild: Patch from HenrikBrixAndersen to fix order
     of permissions dropping code to work on FreeBSD.
+  * ikiwiki-mass-rebuild: Don't clear PATH from the environment.
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:52:43 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:11:13 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/doc/bugs/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild_fails_to_drop_privileges_and_execute_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild_fails_to_drop_privileges_and_execute_ikiwiki.mdwn
index 9bf6134bf..2eaca7632 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild_fails_to_drop_privileges_and_execute_ikiwiki.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild_fails_to_drop_privileges_and_execute_ikiwiki.mdwn
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The solution is to set the effective UID after setting the real UID, and to set
 
 > > It doesn't - it needs to be set. The line with `%ENV=();` clears the environment, thus no `$PATH` is set. --[[HenrikBrixAndersen]]
 
+> > > I guess it shouldn't clear it then. Both [[done]] --[[Joey]]
+
 Proposed patch:
 
     --- ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.orig	2007-08-15 22:21:59.000000000 +0200
diff --git a/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild b/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild
index fa8bd913d..1ec90b3c0 100755
--- a/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild
+++ b/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ sub processline {
 		if ($< != $uuid || $> != $uuid || $( != $ugid || $) ne "$ugid $ugid") {
 			die "failed to drop permissions to $user";
 		}
-		%ENV=();
-		$ENV{HOME}=(getpwnam($user))[7];
+		%ENV=(
+			PATH => $ENV{PATH},
+			HOME => (getpwnam($user))[7],
+		);
 		exec("ikiwiki", "-setup", $setup, @ARGV);
 		die "failed to run ikiwiki: $!";
 	}