diff --git a/etc/cron.d/backupninja b/etc/cron.d/backupninja
index 0e9fd589b0e23cbed7acc85ca4010bcb055c6444..82f21f9731069c5b3a77b71c080cba36bd686bd4 100644
--- a/etc/cron.d/backupninja
+++ b/etc/cron.d/backupninja
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-# cron job for backupninja (every hour, on the hour)
+# /etc/cron.d/backupninja -- cron tab entry for package backupninja
+
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+# run backupninja every hour on the hour
 00 * * * * root if [ -x /usr/sbin/backupninja -a -f /etc/backupninja.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/backupninja; fi