1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ssh-pkcs11-client.c b/ssh-pkcs11-client.c
index 6e16b2f9a..de5aa8305 100644
--- a/ssh-pkcs11-client.c
+++ b/ssh-pkcs11-client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh-pkcs11-client.c,v 1.12 2019/01/20 22:51:37 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh-pkcs11-client.c,v 1.13 2019/01/20 22:54:30 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2010 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Pedro Martelletto. All rights reserved.
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static int
 pkcs11_start_helper(void)
 {
         int pair[2];
+        char *helper;
 
         if (pkcs11_start_helper_methods() == -1) {
                 error("pkcs11_start_helper_methods failed");
@@ -266,10 +267,11 @@ pkcs11_start_helper(void)
                 }
                 close(pair[0]);
                 close(pair[1]);
-                execlp(_PATH_SSH_PKCS11_HELPER, _PATH_SSH_PKCS11_HELPER,
-                    (char *)NULL);
-                fprintf(stderr, "exec: %s: %s\n", _PATH_SSH_PKCS11_HELPER,
-                    strerror(errno));
+                helper = getenv("SSH_PKCS11_HELPER");
+                if (helper == NULL || strlen(helper) == 0)
+                        helper = _PATH_SSH_PKCS11_HELPER;
+                execlp(helper, helper, (char *)NULL);
+                fprintf(stderr, "exec: %s: %s\n", helper, strerror(errno));
                 _exit(1);
         }
         close(pair[1]);