diff --git a/pathtools/apppath.pl b/pathtools/apppath.pl
index c51a85b..2793497 100755
--- a/pathtools/apppath.pl
+++ b/pathtools/apppath.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ Use the environment variable I<variable> instead of PATH.
 This is useful for manipulating other PATH-like variables, like
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PERL5LIB, etc.
 
+=item B<-e>
+
+Print a complete export statement ready to be eval'd by a POSIX shell.
+
+=item B<-p>
+
+Print a complete variable assignment statement ready to be eval'd by a
+POSIX shell. Unlike the C<-e> option this  does not prepend the export
+keyword, so the variable is private unless it is exported elsewhere.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -42,9 +52,13 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 my $check;
 my $debug;
 my $var = 'PATH';
-GetOptions("check" => \$check,
-           "debug" => \$debug,
-           "var=s" => \$var,
+my $export;
+my $private;
+GetOptions("check"   => \$check,
+           "debug"   => \$debug,
+           "var=s"   => \$var,
+           "export"  => \$export,
+           "private" => \$private,
           ) or do {
                 require Pod::Usage;
                 import Pod::Usage;
@@ -64,4 +78,10 @@ nd: for my $nd (@ARGV) {
     }
     push @path, $nd if (!$check || -d $nd);
 }
+if ($export) {
+    print "export ";
+}
+if ($export || $private) {
+    print "$var=";
+}
 print join(':', @path), "\n";
diff --git a/pathtools/delpath.pl b/pathtools/delpath.pl
index 34967a4..d952969 100755
--- a/pathtools/delpath.pl
+++ b/pathtools/delpath.pl
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ Use the environment variable I<variable> instead of PATH.
 This is useful for manipulating other PATH-like variables, like
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PERL5LIB, etc.
 
+=item B<-e>
+
+Print a complete export statement ready to be eval'd by a POSIX shell.
+
+=item B<-p>
+
+Print a complete variable assignment statement ready to be eval'd by a
+POSIX shell. Unlike the C<-e> option this  does not prepend the export
+keyword, so the variable is private unless it is exported elsewhere.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -37,8 +47,12 @@ use Pod::Usage;
 
 my $debug;
 my $var = 'PATH';
-GetOptions("debug" => \$debug,
-           "var=s" => \$var,
+my $export;
+my $private;
+GetOptions("debug"   => \$debug,
+           "var=s"   => \$var,
+           "export"  => \$export,
+           "private" => \$private,
           ) or pod2usage(2);
 
 if ($#ARGV == 0 && $ARGV[0] =~ /:/) {
@@ -55,4 +69,10 @@ for (@del{@ARGV}) {
 
 @path = grep { !$del{$_} } @path;
 
+if ($export) {
+    print "export ";
+}
+if ($export || $private) {
+    print "$var=";
+}
 print join(':', @path), "\n";
diff --git a/pathtools/preppath.pl b/pathtools/preppath.pl
index 4884fc5..a096cf8 100755
--- a/pathtools/preppath.pl
+++ b/pathtools/preppath.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ Use the environment variable I<variable> instead of PATH.
 This is useful for manipulating other PATH-like variables, like
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PERL5LIB, etc.
 
+=item B<-e>
+
+Print a complete export statement ready to be eval'd by a POSIX shell.
+
+=item B<-p>
+
+Print a complete variable assignment statement ready to be eval'd by a
+POSIX shell. Unlike the C<-e> option this  does not prepend the export
+keyword, so the variable is private unless it is exported elsewhere.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -42,9 +52,13 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 my $check;
 my $debug;
 my $var = 'PATH';
-GetOptions("check" => \$check,
-           "debug" => \$debug,
-           "var=s" => \$var,
+my $export;
+my $private;
+GetOptions("check"   => \$check,
+           "debug"   => \$debug,
+           "var=s"   => \$var,
+           "export"  => \$export,
+           "private" => \$private,
           ) or do {
                 require Pod::Usage;
                 import Pod::Usage;
@@ -67,4 +81,11 @@ for my $d (@ARGV, @path) {
 	$seen{$d} = 1;
     }
 }
+
+if ($export) {
+    print "export ";
+}
+if ($export || $private) {
+    print "$var=";
+}
 print join(':', @newpath), "\n";