diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 39bbdce..045e85d 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ importFrom(prettyunits,pretty_sec)
 importFrom(rprojroot,find_package_root_file)
 importFrom(utils,head)
 importFrom(utils,tail)
+importFrom(withr,local_path)
 importFrom(withr,with_dir)
 importFrom(withr,with_envvar)
 importFrom(xopen,xopen)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index edcfe7e..908acb1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 # dev
 
+* RStudio's Pandoc is now on the path during `rcmdcheck()` 
+  and `rcmdcheck_process` (#109, #132, @dpprdan).
+
 # 1.3.3
 
 * `cran_check_results()` has now a `quiet` argument, and the download
diff --git a/R/background.R b/R/background.R
index b7bfcbe..cbcfa80 100644
--- a/R/background.R
+++ b/R/background.R
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ rcc_init <- function(self, private, super, path, args, build_args,
     cleanup <- FALSE
   }
 
+  # Add pandoc to the PATH for R CMD build.
+  # The updated PATH is also inherited in the subprocess below.
+  if (!nzchar(Sys.which("pandoc")) && nzchar(Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PANDOC"))) {
+    local_path(Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PANDOC"))
+  }
+
   targz <- build_package(path, check_dir, build_args = build_args,
                          libpath = libpath, quiet = TRUE)
 
diff --git a/R/options.R b/R/options.R
index c4bac9e..9d4ac95 100644
--- a/R/options.R
+++ b/R/options.R
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 #'   fractional. Defaults to 1/3 of a second. The corresponding option is
 #'   `rcmdcheck.timestamp_limit`.
 #'
+#' * `RSTUDIO_PANDOC`: if set, rcmdcheck adds this environment variable
+#'   to the PATH if pandoc is not on the PATH already. It is usually set
+#'   in RStudio.
+#'
 #' # Options
 #'
 #' * `rcmdcheck.num_colors`: the number of ANSI colors to use in the output.
diff --git a/R/package.R b/R/package.R
index 5424f93..12f8655 100644
--- a/R/package.R
+++ b/R/package.R
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ NULL
 #'
 #' @export
 #' @importFrom rprojroot find_package_root_file
-#' @importFrom withr with_dir
+#' @importFrom withr local_path with_dir
 #' @importFrom callr rcmd_safe
 #' @importFrom desc desc
 
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ rcmdcheck <- function(path = ".", quiet = FALSE, args = character(),
     cleanup <- FALSE
   }
 
+  # Add pandoc to the PATH, for R CMD build and R CMD check
+  if (!nzchar(Sys.which("pandoc")) && nzchar(Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PANDOC"))) {
+    local_path(Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PANDOC"))
+  }
+
   targz <- build_package(path, check_dir, build_args = build_args,
                          libpath = libpath, quiet = quiet)
 
diff --git a/man/rcmdcheck-config.Rd b/man/rcmdcheck-config.Rd
index ddfbbe6..e2b9ba9 100644
--- a/man/rcmdcheck-config.Rd
+++ b/man/rcmdcheck-config.Rd
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ option is \code{rcmdcheck.num_colors}.
 rcmdcheck adds time stamps to the individual check steps. It may be
 fractional. Defaults to 1/3 of a second. The corresponding option is
 \code{rcmdcheck.timestamp_limit}.
+\item \code{RSTUDIO_PANDOC}: if set, rcmdcheck adds this environment variable
+to the PATH if pandoc is not on the PATH already. It is usually set
+in RStudio.
 }
 }