diff --git a/scripts/namespace.pl b/scripts/namespace.pl
index 88e30e8..f343738 100644
--- a/scripts/namespace.pl
+++ b/scripts/namespace.pl
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 use strict;
 use File::Find;
 
-my $nm = "/usr/bin/nm -p";
-my $objdump = "/usr/bin/objdump -s -j .comment";
+my $nm = ($ENV{'NM'} || "nm") . " -p";
+my $objdump = ($ENV{'OBJDUMP'} || "objdump") . " -s -j .comment";
 my $srctree = "";
 my $objtree = "";
 $srctree = "$ENV{'srctree'}/" if (exists($ENV{'srctree'}));