diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc1f0007dfc..bec150e466d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ endif
 		    -o ${VTROOTBIN} ./go/...
 ifndef NOVTADMINBUILD
 	echo "Building VTAdmin Web, disable VTAdmin build by setting 'NOVTADMINBUILD'"
-	./web/vtadmin/build.sh
+	PREFIX="" ./web/vtadmin/build.sh
 endif
 
 # cross-build can be used to cross-compile Vitess client binaries
diff --git a/web/vtadmin/build.sh b/web/vtadmin/build.sh
index 1b540d5b422..54d1a5b1926 100755
--- a/web/vtadmin/build.sh
+++ b/web/vtadmin/build.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ nvm install "$NODE_VERSION" || fail "Could not install and use nvm $NODE_VERSION
 
 npm --prefix "$web_dir" --silent install
 
+export PATH=$PATH:$web_dir/node_modules/.bin/
+
 VITE_VTADMIN_API_ADDRESS="http://${hostname}:${vtadmin_api_port}" \
   VITE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_TABLET_DEBUG_VARS="true" \
   npm run --prefix "$web_dir" build