diff --git a/waflib/Tools/tex.py b/waflib/Tools/tex.py
index 11fa6ea0..2c1c4b76 100644
--- a/waflib/Tools/tex.py
+++ b/waflib/Tools/tex.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class tex(Task.Task):
 		:rtype: int
 		"""
 		bld = self.generator.bld
+		Logs.info('runner: %r' % cmd)
 		try:
 			if not kw.get('cwd', None):
 				kw['cwd'] = bld.cwd
@@ -467,11 +468,13 @@ def apply_tex(self):
 					task.dep_nodes.append(n)
 
 		# texinputs is a nasty beast
-		if hasattr(self, 'texinputs'):
+		if hasattr(self, 'texinputs_nodes'):
 			task.texinputs_nodes = self.texinputs_nodes
 		else:
 			task.texinputs_nodes = [node.parent, node.parent.get_bld(), self.path, self.path.get_bld()]
 			lst = os.environ.get('TEXINPUTS', '')
+			if self.env.TEXINPUTS:
+				lst += os.pathsep + self.env.TEXINPUTS
 			if lst:
 				lst = lst.split(os.pathsep)
 			for x in lst: