diff --git a/src/emu/model/emu-net-device.cc b/src/emu/model/emu-net-device.cc
index ef4dd217d..450aa6d04 100644
--- a/src/emu/model/emu-net-device.cc
+++ b/src/emu/model/emu-net-device.cc
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ EmuNetDevice::CreateSocket (void)
       //
       // Execute the socket creation process image.
       //
-      status = ::execlp ("emu-sock-creator", 
-                         "emu-sock-creator",                            // argv[0] (filename)
+      status = ::execlp (EMU_SOCK_CREATOR,
+                         EMU_SOCK_CREATOR,                            // argv[0] (filename)
                          oss.str ().c_str (),                           // argv[1] (-p<path?
                          (char *)NULL);
 
diff --git a/src/emu/wscript b/src/emu/wscript
index 43c51106d..02b77beec 100644
--- a/src/emu/wscript
+++ b/src/emu/wscript
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ def build(bld):
             'helper/emu-helper.h',
         ]
 
-    obj = bld.create_suid_program('emu-sock-creator')
-    obj.source = [
+    creator = bld.create_suid_program('emu-sock-creator')
+    creator.source = [
         'model/emu-sock-creator.cc',
         'model/emu-encode-decode.cc',
         ]
 
+    module.env.append_value("DEFINES", "EMU_SOCK_CREATOR=\"%s\"" % (creator.target,))
+
     if bld.env['ENABLE_EXAMPLES']:
         bld.add_subdirs('examples')