diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
index 71fbc8170bc..7d8e1909193 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ def setup_build_environment(self, env):
             env.set('FCFLAGS', args)
             env.set('FFLAGS', args)
 
+    def setup_run_environment(self, env):
+        env.append_path('PATH', self.prefix)
+        env.append_path('PATH', self.prefix.util)
+
     def patch(self):
         # Let's not assume csh is intalled in bin
         files = glob.glob('*.csh')