Index: ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ScriptOperator.java =================================================================== --- ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ScriptOperator.java (revision 835686) +++ ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ScriptOperator.java (working copy) @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Map env = pb.environment(); addJobConfToEnvironment(hconf, env); env.put(safeEnvVarName(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVEALIAS.varname), String.valueOf(alias)); + env.put("CLASSPATH", System.getProperty("java.class.path")); scriptPid = pb.start(); // Runtime.getRuntime().exec(wrappedCmdArgs); DataOutputStream scriptOut = new DataOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(scriptPid.getOutputStream()));