diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 62b5253911..c6842ff549 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ def check_sanity_everybuild(status, d):
     if "." in paths or "./" in paths or "" in paths:
         status.addresult("PATH contains '.', './' or '' (empty element), which will break the build, please remove this.\nParsed PATH is " + str(paths) + "\n")
 
+    #Check if bitbake is present in PATH environment variable
+    bb_check = bb.utils.which(d.getVar('PATH'), 'bitbake')
+    if not bb_check:
+        bb.warn("bitbake binary is not found in PATH, did you source the script?")
+
     # Check whether 'inherit' directive is found (used for a class to inherit)
     # in conf file it's supposed to be uppercase INHERIT
     inherit = d.getVar('inherit')