diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
index 9b7fd6c6cd..83a288cded 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/BUILD.bazel
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ elixir_escript_main(
     app = ":erlang_app",
     env = {
         "HOME": '"$(mktemp -d)"',
+        "ELIXIR_ERL_OPTIONS": "+fnu",
     },
     main_module = "RabbitMQCtl",
     mix_config = "config/config.exs",
diff --git a/scripts/bazel/rabbitmq-run.sh b/scripts/bazel/rabbitmq-run.sh
index 051bd59876..af45cf8a23 100755
--- a/scripts/bazel/rabbitmq-run.sh
+++ b/scripts/bazel/rabbitmq-run.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 NO_COLOR='\033[0m'
 
+export PATH="{ERLANG_HOME}/bin:$PATH"
+
 rmq_realpath() {
     local path=$1