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diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py
index e6c9c83b3..83432a6e8 100644
--- a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ class Start:
# call.
os.setsid()
# Instead of cd'ing to root, cd to the Mailman runtime directory.
+ # However, before we do that, set an environment variable used by the
+ # subprocesses to calculate their path to the $VAR_DIR.
+ os.environ['MAILMAN_VAR_DIR'] = config.VAR_DIR
os.chdir(config.VAR_DIR)
# Exec the master watcher.
execl_args = [