diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bonniepp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bonniepp/package.py
index 18751810fc8..6a33a15ea77 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bonniepp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bonniepp/package.py
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ def configure_args(self):
         configure_args = []
         configure_args.append('--enable-debug')
         return configure_args
+
+    def setup_run_environment(self, env):
+        """Prepend the sbin directory to PATH."""
+        env.prepend_path('PATH', self.prefix.sbin)