diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index 87cebc3d1..d4b7964e0 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ extern const struct BB_applet applets[];
 /* Pull in the utility routines from libbb */
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-
+#ifndef PATH_MAX 
+#define  PATH_MAX         256
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _BB_INTERNAL_H_ */