Author:  Eric Timmons 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586104

Index: catkin-0.7.17/cmake/templates/_setup_util.py.in
===================================================================
--- catkin-0.7.17.orig/cmake/templates/_setup_util.py.in
+++ catkin-0.7.17/cmake/templates/_setup_util.py.in
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         if not args.local:
             # environment at generation time
-            CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = '@CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_AS_IS@'.split(';')
+            CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = '@CATKIN_PREFIX_PATH@;@CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_AS_IS@'.split(';')
         else:
             # don't consider any other prefix path than this one
             CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = []
Index: catkin-0.7.17/python/catkin/builder.py
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--- catkin-0.7.17.orig/python/catkin/builder.py
+++ catkin-0.7.17/python/catkin/builder.py
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ _CATKIN_SETUP_DIR= . "{0}/setup.sh"
                     'CATKIN_LIB_ENVIRONMENT_PATHS': "'lib'",
                     'CATKIN_PKGCONFIG_ENVIRONMENT_PATHS': "os.path.join('lib', 'pkgconfig')",
                     'CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_AS_IS': ';'.join(os.environ['CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH'].split(os.pathsep)),
+                    'CATKIN_PREFIX_PATH': ';'.join(os.environ['CATKIN_PREFIX_PATH'].split(os.pathsep)),
                     'PYTHON_EXECUTABLE': sys.executable,
                     'PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR': get_python_install_dir(),
                 }
Index: catkin-0.7.17/test/unit_tests/test_setup_util.py
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--- catkin-0.7.17.orig/test/unit_tests/test_setup_util.py
+++ catkin-0.7.17/test/unit_tests/test_setup_util.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ data = configure_file(os.path.join(os.pa
                           'PYTHON_EXECUTABLE': sys.executable,
                           'PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR': 'pythonX.Y/packages',
                           'CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_AS_IS': '',
+                          'CATKIN_PREFIX_PATH':'',
                       })
 with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w+') as setup_util_file:
     setup_util_file.write(data)