diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 63a31d064a8..a1c49f3040e 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ XBPS_SRC_VERSION="$XBPS_SRC_VERSION"
 
 . /etc/xbps/xbps-src.conf
 
-PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/xbps-packages
+PATH=/xbps-packages:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
 
 exec env -i PATH="\$PATH" DISTCC_HOSTS="\$XBPS_DISTCC_HOSTS" DISTCC_DIR="/distcc" @@XARCH@@ \
 	CCACHE_DIR="/ccache" IN_CHROOT=1 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 TERM=linux HOME="/tmp" \