diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b1c3f8d..3f1d6a6 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
         conf.end_msg ('not found, but will proceed anyways', 'YELLOW')
     else:
         conf.end_msg ('ok')
+
     conf.define('NDNX_ROOT', conf.options.ndnx_root)
+    conf.define('NDND_START_COMMAND', '%s/bin/ndndstart' % conf.options.ndnx_root)
+    conf.define('NDND_STOP_COMMAND', '%s/bin/ndndstop' % conf.options.ndnx_root)
+    conf.define('NDND_STATUS_COMMAND', '%s/bin/ndndsmoketest' % conf.options.ndnx_root)
+    conf.define('NDND_FIB_COMMAND',  '%s/bin/ndndc' % conf.options.ndnx_root)
     
     if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
         conf.find_program('ibtool', var='IBTOOL', mandatory=False)