diff --git a/src/lowntfs-3g.c b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
index 0bb38f97..c6d1dad3 100644
--- a/src/lowntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
@@ -3827,13 +3827,14 @@ static fuse_fstype load_fuse_module(void)
 	struct stat st;
 	pid_t pid;
 	const char *cmd = "/sbin/modprobe";
+	char *env = (char*)NULL;
 	struct timespec req = { 0, 100000000 };   /* 100 msec */
 	fuse_fstype fstype;
         
 	if (!stat(cmd, &st) && !geteuid()) {
 		pid = fork();
 		if (!pid) {
-			execl(cmd, cmd, "fuse", NULL);
+			execle(cmd, cmd, "fuse", NULL, &env);
 			_exit(1);
 		} else if (pid != -1)
 			waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 268b0569..945fc0be 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -3612,13 +3612,14 @@ static fuse_fstype load_fuse_module(void)
 	struct stat st;
 	pid_t pid;
 	const char *cmd = "/sbin/modprobe";
+	char *env = (char*)NULL;
 	struct timespec req = { 0, 100000000 };   /* 100 msec */
 	fuse_fstype fstype;
 	
 	if (!stat(cmd, &st) && !geteuid()) {
 		pid = fork();
 		if (!pid) {
-			execl(cmd, cmd, "fuse", NULL);
+			execle(cmd, cmd, "fuse", NULL, &env);
 			_exit(1);
 		} else if (pid != -1)
 			waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
