diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5c975980..633538ab 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 byobu (4.19) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * usr/lib/byobu/.constants:
+    - need to export a couple of values for use in the profile
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:12:57 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
index 6e318494..9198dede 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ case "$BYOBU_BACKEND" in
 esac
 
 # MacOS Support
-command -v gsed >/dev/null && SED="gsed" || SED="sed"
-command -v greadlink >/dev/null && READLINK="greadlink" || READLINK="readlink"
+command -v gsed >/dev/null && export SED="gsed" || export SED="sed"
+command -v greadlink >/dev/null && export READLINK="greadlink" || export READLINK="readlink"