diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 36066b217..6b6ad8ba7 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
+#include <paths.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1015,6 +1016,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     // Clear the umask.
     umask(0);
 
+    add_environment("PATH", _PATH_DEFPATH);
+
     // Get the basic filesystem setup we need put together in the initramdisk
     // on / and then we'll let the rc file figure out the rest.
     mkdir("/dev", 0755);
diff --git a/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in b/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
index 30bef463d..0064790ad 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
+++ b/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # set up the global environment
 on init
-    export PATH /sbin:/vendor/bin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
     export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
     export ANDROID_ROOT /system
     export ANDROID_ASSETS /system/app