diff --git a/sysconfig.mk b/sysconfig.mk
index 9677cd5452e656afd20b649d605f59a324822c24..5168d63b0d662e12fd5b325ff67fcc2d3cc66408 100644
--- a/sysconfig.mk
+++ b/sysconfig.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ NCLIBSHSYMLINK = libnc.$(SHSUFFIX)
 NCLIBSTAT = libnc.a
 LDFLAGS= -shared -Wl,-soname=$(SHSONAME)
 
+#add path ofr using internnally generated nc compiler
+PATH := $(BASEDIR)/bin:${PATH}
+export PATH
+
 #definitions for ARM-YOCTO
 # GCC = arm-flop-linux-gnueabi-gcc
 # CC = arm-flop-linux-gnueabi-gcc