diff --git a/scripts/checkin.php b/scripts/checkin.php

index 054d48a..bca3b99 100644

--- a/scripts/checkin.php

+++ b/scripts/checkin.php

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@

 # along with MantisBT.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

 # See the README and LICENSE files for details

+putenv('MANTIS_CONFIG=/etc/mantis/config_inc.php');

+

 global $g_bypass_headers;

 $g_bypass_headers = 1;

 require_once( dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core.php' );

diff --git a/scripts/send_emails.php b/scripts/send_emails.php

index b6dce6e..7b9eae6 100644

--- a/scripts/send_emails.php

+++ b/scripts/send_emails.php

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@

 # along with MantisBT.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

 # See the README and LICENSE files for details

+putenv('MANTIS_CONFIG=/etc/mantis/config_inc.php');

+

 global $g_bypass_headers;

 $g_bypass_headers = 1;