diff --git a/metapkg/packages/base.py b/metapkg/packages/base.py
index d45948e..af4df0b 100644
--- a/metapkg/packages/base.py
+++ b/metapkg/packages/base.py
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ def get_shlibs(self, build: targets.Build) -> list[str]:
     def get_include_paths(self, build: targets.Build) -> list[pathlib.Path]:
         return []
 
+    def get_dep_commands(self) -> list[str]:
+        return []
+
     def write_file_list_script(
         self, build: targets.Build, listname: str, entries: list[str]
     ) -> str:
diff --git a/metapkg/packages/python.py b/metapkg/packages/python.py
index 1da97d0..27def39 100644
--- a/metapkg/packages/python.py
+++ b/metapkg/packages/python.py
@@ -409,6 +409,11 @@ def get_build_script(self, build: targets.Build) -> str:
             if ldflags:
                 build.sh_append_quoted_ldflags(env, ldflags)
 
+            paths = build.sh_get_command_paths(self.get_dep_commands(), self)
+
+            if paths:
+                build.sh_append_paths(env, paths)
+
             binary = True
 
         all_build_deps = build.get_bundled_build_reqs(self, recursive=True)
diff --git a/metapkg/targets/base.py b/metapkg/targets/base.py
index bbf104a..be942f8 100644
--- a/metapkg/targets/base.py
+++ b/metapkg/targets/base.py
@@ -1570,6 +1570,23 @@ def sh_get_bundled_shlibs_cflags(
 
         return flags
 
+    def sh_get_command_paths(
+        self,
+        commands: Iterable[str],
+        pkg: mpkg_base.BasePackage,
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        paths = set()
+        src_root = self.get_source_abspath()
+        for cmd in commands:
+            cmd_txt = self.sh_get_command(
+                cmd, package=pkg, relative_to="sourceroot"
+            )
+            if os.path.sep not in cmd_txt:
+                # Skip global commands
+                continue
+            paths.add(src_root / pathlib.Path(cmd_txt).parent)
+        return [str(p) for p in paths]
+
     def sh_append_global_flags(
         self,
         args: Mapping[str, str | pathlib.Path | None] | None = None,
@@ -1651,6 +1668,19 @@ def sh_append_ldflags(
     ) -> None:
         self.sh_append_quoted_ldflags(args, self.sh_quote_flags(flags))
 
+    def sh_append_paths(
+        self,
+        args: dict[str, str | pathlib.Path | None],
+        paths: list[str] | tuple[str, ...],
+    ) -> None:
+        new_paths = self.sh_quote_flags(paths)
+        old_path = args.get("PATH")
+        if not old_path:
+            old_path = os.getenv("PATH")
+        if old_path:
+            new_paths = [str(old_path), *new_paths]
+        args["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(new_paths)
+
     def sh_configure(
         self,
         path: str | pathlib.Path,