diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
index 93895349a6e8..d1a2e20643c9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.to.PrimaryDataStoreTO;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Answer;
@@ -244,7 +245,12 @@ protected boolean performInstanceConversion(String originalVMName, String source
 
         String logPrefix = String.format("(%s) virt-v2v ovf source: %s progress", originalVMName, sourceOVFDirPath);
         OutputInterpreter.LineByLineOutputLogger outputLogger = new OutputInterpreter.LineByLineOutputLogger(logger, logPrefix);
-        script.execute(outputLogger);
+        String[] convertInstanceEnv = serverResource.getConvertInstanceEnv();
+        if (ArrayUtils.isEmpty(convertInstanceEnv)) {
+            script.execute(outputLogger);
+        } else {
+            script.execute(outputLogger, convertInstanceEnv);
+        }
         int exitValue = script.getExitValue();
         return exitValue == 0;
     }
diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/script/Script.java b/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/script/Script.java
index b56a457aeaae..f6e17060e3a9 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/script/Script.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/script/Script.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.security.KeyStoreUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
@@ -236,6 +237,14 @@ static String stackTraceAsString(Throwable throwable) {
     }
 
     public String execute(OutputInterpreter interpreter) {
+        return execute(interpreter, null);
+    }
+
+    public String execute(OutputInterpreter interpreter, String[] environment) {
+        return executeInternal(interpreter, environment);
+    }
+
+    public String executeInternal(OutputInterpreter interpreter, String[] environment) {
         String[] command = _command.toArray(new String[_command.size()]);
         String commandLine = buildCommandLine(command);
         if (_logger.isDebugEnabled() && !avoidLoggingCommand) {
@@ -245,13 +254,23 @@ public String execute(OutputInterpreter interpreter) {
         try {
             _logger.trace(String.format("Creating process for command [%s].", commandLine));
 
-            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(command);
-            pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
-            if (_workDir != null)
-                pb.directory(new File(_workDir));
+            if (ArrayUtils.isEmpty(environment)) {
+                ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(command);
+                pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
+                if (_workDir != null)
+                    pb.directory(new File(_workDir));
+
+                _logger.trace(String.format("Starting process for command [%s].", commandLine));
+                _process = pb.start();
+            } else {
+                // Since Runtime.exec() does not support redirecting the error stream, then append 2>&1 to the command
+                String[] commands = new String[] {"sh", "-c", String.format("%s 2>&1", commandLine)};
+                // The PATH variable must be added for indirect calls within the running command
+                // Example: virt-v2v invokes qemu-img, which cannot be found if PATH is not set
+                String[] env = ArrayUtils.add(environment, String.format("PATH=%s", System.getenv("PATH")));
+                _process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands, env, _workDir != null ? new File(_workDir) : null);
+            }
 
-            _logger.trace(String.format("Starting process for command [%s].", commandLine));
-            _process = pb.start();
             if (_process == null) {
                 _logger.warn(String.format("Unable to execute command [%s] because no process was created.", commandLine));
                 return "Unable to execute the command: " + command[0];