1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/oe-git-proxy b/scripts/oe-git-proxy
index bb2ed2a46e..8499a99a71 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-git-proxy
+++ b/scripts/oe-git-proxy
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ if [ $# -lt 2 -o "$1" = '--help' -o "$1" = '-h' ] ; then
 fi
 
 # Locate the netcat binary
-SOCAT=$(which socat 2>/dev/null)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: socat binary not in PATH" 1>&2
-        exit 1
+if [ -z "$SOCAT" ]; then
+        SOCAT=$(which socat 2>/dev/null)
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                echo "ERROR: socat binary not in PATH" 1>&2
+                exit 1
+        fi
 fi
 METHOD=""