Index: cupshelpers/cupshelpers.py
--- cupshelpers/cupshelpers.py.orig
+++ cupshelpers/cupshelpers.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def missingExecutables(ppd):
 
     # First, a local function.  How to check that something exists
     # in a path:
-    def pathcheck (name, path="/usr/bin:/bin"):
+    def pathcheck (name, path="/usr/bin:/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin"):
         if name == "-":
             # A filter of "-" means that no filter is required,
             # i.e. the device accepts the given format as-is.