diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 42a89a3a..ebb7b8d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ For a detailed view of what has changed, refer to the {uri-repo}/commits/master[
 * add xref ids to paragraphs (#317)
 * support syntax highlighting with CodeRay and Rouge (#262)
 * pygments.rb is no longer auto-activated
+* prevent document from overriding epubcheck/kindlegen path attributes (#281)
 
 == 1.5.0.alpha.14 (2020-02-29) - @slonopotamus
 
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor-epub3/converter.rb b/lib/asciidoctor-epub3/converter.rb
index 0dbd1e14..99069fb3 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor-epub3/converter.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor-epub3/converter.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ def initialize backend, opts = {}
         basebackend 'html'
         outfilesuffix '.epub' # dummy outfilesuffix since it may be .mobi
         htmlsyntax 'xml'
+
+        attr_overrides = opts[:document].instance_variable_get(:@attribute_overrides)
+        if attr_overrides.nil?
+          logger.error 'Failed to prevent document from overriding epubcheck/kindlegen path attributes'
+        else
+          # Prevent document fro overriding paths to binaries that we execute
+          attr_overrides['epubcheck-path'] ||= nil
+          attr_overrides['kindlegen-path'] ||= nil
+        end
       end
 
       def convert node, name = nil, _opts = {}
diff --git a/spec/converter_spec.rb b/spec/converter_spec.rb
index 9b746b5c..bc09be40 100644
--- a/spec/converter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/converter_spec.rb
@@ -192,5 +192,18 @@
       expect(book.publisher).not_to be_nil
       expect(book.publisher.content).to eq('MyProducer')
     end
+
+    it 'prevents document from overriding kindlegen/epubcheck path attributes' do
+      book = to_epub <<~EOS
+= Article
+:kindlegen-path: /evilgen
+:epubcheck-path: /evilcheck
+
+{kindlegen-path}
+      EOS
+
+      article = book.item_by_href '_article.xhtml'
+      expect(article.content).not_to include('evil')
+    end
   end
 end