diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 5fca0d0..bbae28a 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
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-Mon Oct 29 09:06:00 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+Mon Oct 29 10:19:23 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
 - add BuildRequires aaa_base to get get_kernel_version
+  handle get_kernel_version location in /sbin or /usr/sbin
 
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 Fri Oct 19 14:09:27 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 15c4e69..a4d142c 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-unused"
 # If the kernel happens to have no virtio-scsi force virtio-blk usage in the tools
 # This is true for kernel.rpm included in 12.1 and older
 # Force also attach method "appliance" because constructing libvirt xml is cumbersome for virtio-blk
-if /sbin/modinfo -k `/sbin/get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz` virtio-scsi
+if /sbin/modinfo -k `env PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz` virtio-scsi
 then
 	: use virtio-scsi, which is the default in libguestfs
 	default_attach_method="libvirt"
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ test -n "$patched"
 	-s $PWD/mkinitrd/scripts \
 	-i $PWD/mkinitrd
 mkdir mkinitrd/boot_tmp
-kver=`/sbin/get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz`
+kver=`env PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH get_kernel_version /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz`
 arch=`arch`
 %ifarch %ix86
 arch=i686 #?