diff --git a/admin/cvs.sh b/admin/cvs.sh
index a995a0f..8ba50bb 100644
--- a/admin/cvs.sh
+++ b/admin/cvs.sh
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ podir=${podir:-$PWD/po}
 files=`find . -name Makefile.am | xargs egrep -l '^messages:' `
 dirs=`for i in $files; do echo \`dirname $i\`; done`
 tmpname="$PWD/messages.log"
+export PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde3/bin
 if test -z "$EXTRACTRC"; then EXTRACTRC=extractrc ; fi
 if test -z "$PREPARETIPS"; then PREPARETIPS=preparetips ; fi
 export EXTRACTRC PREPARETIPS