diff --git a/appl/rcp/rcp_locl.h b/appl/rcp/rcp_locl.h
index b319fced5..2895f636a 100644
--- a/appl/rcp/rcp_locl.h
+++ b/appl/rcp/rcp_locl.h
@@ -60,5 +60,8 @@
 
 #include "extern.h"
 
+#ifndef _PATH_CP
 #define	_PATH_CP	"/bin/cp"
+#endif
+#undef _PATH_RSH
 #define	_PATH_RSH	BINDIR "/rsh"