diff --git a/bin/sh/eval.c b/bin/sh/eval.c
index 4f20822d1f7..33dec0ea7be 100644
--- a/bin/sh/eval.c
+++ b/bin/sh/eval.c
@@ -612,12 +612,14 @@ evalcommand(cmd, flags, backcmd)
 	volatile int e;
 	char *lastarg;
 	int realstatus;
+	int do_clearcmdentry;
 #if __GNUC__
 	/* Avoid longjmp clobbering */
 	(void) &argv;
 	(void) &argc;
 	(void) &lastarg;
 	(void) &flags;
+	(void) &do_clearcmdentry;
 #endif
 
 	/* First expand the arguments. */
@@ -626,6 +628,7 @@ evalcommand(cmd, flags, backcmd)
 	arglist.lastp = &arglist.list;
 	varlist.lastp = &varlist.list;
 	varflag = 1;
+	do_clearcmdentry = 0;
 	oexitstatus = exitstatus;
 	exitstatus = 0;
 	for (argp = cmd->ncmd.args ; argp ; argp = argp->narg.next) {
@@ -688,8 +691,29 @@ evalcommand(cmd, flags, backcmd)
 		 * is present
 		 */
 		for (sp = varlist.list ; sp ; sp = sp->next)
-			if (strncmp(sp->text, PATH, sizeof(PATH) - 1) == 0)
+			if (strncmp(sp->text, PATH, sizeof(PATH) - 1) == 0) {
 				path = sp->text + sizeof(PATH) - 1;
+				/* 
+				 * On `PATH=... command`, we need to make
+				 * sure that the command isn't using the
+				 * non-updated hash table of the outer PATH
+				 * setting and we need to make sure that 
+				 * the hash table isn't filled with items
+				 * from the temporary setting.
+				 *
+				 * It would be better to forbit using and 
+				 * updating the table while this command
+				 * runs, by the command finding mechanism
+				 * is heavily integrated with hash handling,
+				 * so we just delete the hash before and after
+				 * the command runs. Partly deleting like
+				 * changepatch() does doesn't seem worth the
+				 * bookinging effort, since most such runs add
+				 * diretories in front of the new PATH.
+				 */
+				clearcmdentry(0);
+				do_clearcmdentry = 1;
+			}
 
 		find_command(argv[0], &cmdentry, 1, path);
 		if (cmdentry.cmdtype == CMDUNKNOWN) {	/* command not found */
@@ -887,6 +911,8 @@ parent:	/* parent process gets here (if we forked) */
 out:
 	if (lastarg)
 		setvar("_", lastarg, 0);
+	if (do_clearcmdentry)
+		clearcmdentry(0);
 	popstackmark(&smark);
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/sh/exec.c b/bin/sh/exec.c
index 3bfdba5eb98..67a858b184d 100644
--- a/bin/sh/exec.c
+++ b/bin/sh/exec.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ STATIC void tryexec __P((char *, char **, char **));
 STATIC void execinterp __P((char **, char **));
 #endif
 STATIC void printentry __P((struct tblentry *, int));
-STATIC void clearcmdentry __P((int));
 STATIC struct tblentry *cmdlookup __P((char *, int));
 STATIC void delete_cmd_entry __P((void));
 
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ changepath(newval)
  * PATH which has changed.
  */
 
-STATIC void
+void
 clearcmdentry(firstchange)
 	int firstchange;
 {
diff --git a/bin/sh/exec.h b/bin/sh/exec.h
index 5b8e5e4657c..bb593f01011 100644
--- a/bin/sh/exec.h
+++ b/bin/sh/exec.h
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ void addcmdentry __P((char *, struct cmdentry *));
 void defun __P((char *, union node *));
 int unsetfunc __P((char *));
 int typecmd __P((int, char **));
+void clearcmdentry __P((int));