diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index d699e9f57..c88b3935f 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ case "$setup_type" in
 esac
 
 # Allow execution of SO tools during setup
-export PATH=$PATH:../salt/common/tools/sbin
+local_sbin="$(pwd)/../salt/common/tools/sbin"
+export PATH=$PATH:$local_sbin
 
 detect_os && detect_cloud
 set_network_dev_status_list