diff --git a/Tools/autotest/pysim/util.py b/Tools/autotest/pysim/util.py
index 8dc5be662b..3adb0ded0d 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/pysim/util.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/pysim/util.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def start_MAVProxy_SIL(atype, aircraft=None, setup=False, master='tcp:127.0.0.1:
                        options=None, logfile=sys.stdout):
     '''launch mavproxy connected to a SIL instance'''
     global close_list
-    MAVPROXY = os.getenv('MAVPROXY', reltopdir('../MAVProxy/mavproxy.py'))
+    MAVPROXY = os.getenv('MAVPROXY_CMD', reltopdir('../MAVProxy/mavproxy.py'))
     cmd = MAVPROXY + ' --master=%s --out=127.0.0.1:14550' % master
     if setup:
         cmd += ' --setup'