diff --git a/utils/load_settings.sh b/utils/load_settings.sh
index 196e89ec3e5f2f2721b38bc0f06dba4f8866d20a..2feaeb4926d770c1a3b0e15b8429b2760d4ec245 100644
--- a/utils/load_settings.sh
+++ b/utils/load_settings.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ elif [[ -z "$MYSQL_CONNECTION" ]]; then
   MYSQL_CONNECTION="$MYSQL_CONNECTION --database=$DATABASE_NAME"
 fi
 
+export MYSQL_CMD
+export MYSQLDUMP_CMD
 export MYSQL_CONNECTION
 export MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB
 export DATABASE_NAME