diff --git a/src/compiler.cpp b/src/compiler.cpp
index 729b640..94e0624 100644
--- a/src/compiler.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ fn String compile_file(Arena* arena, Compile options)
         .value = cmake_prefix_path,
     };
 
+    if (is_compiler)
+    {
+        auto cmake_prefix_path_cstr = os_get_environment_variable("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH");
+        if (cmake_prefix_path_cstr)
+        {
+            auto cmake_prefix_path_string = c_string_to_slice(cmake_prefix_path_cstr);
+            cmake_prefix_path_definition.value = cmake_prefix_path_string;
+        }
+    }
+
     String objects[] = {
         output_object_path,
     };
diff --git a/src/lib.cpp b/src/lib.cpp
index fba49b4..3fe3b1c 100644
--- a/src/lib.cpp
+++ b/src/lib.cpp
@@ -225,3 +225,9 @@ Execution os_execute(Arena* arena, Slice<char* const> arguments, Slice<char* con
 
     return execution;
 }
+
+extern "C" char* getenv(const char*);
+char* os_get_environment_variable(const char* env)
+{
+    return getenv(env);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.hpp b/src/lib.hpp
index 92c2112..060b2bf 100644
--- a/src/lib.hpp
+++ b/src/lib.hpp
@@ -719,3 +719,4 @@ struct Execution
 };
 
 Execution os_execute(Arena* arena, Slice<char* const> arguments, Slice<char* const> environment, ExecuteOptions options);
+char* os_get_environment_variable(const char* env);