diff --git a/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs b/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs
index a5ea48225604..3e75cd0fa69f 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ fn setup_path() {
             str2wcstring(cstr.to_bytes())
         } else {
             // the above should really not fail
-            L!("/usr/bin:/bin").to_owned()
+            join_strings(crate::path::DEFAULT_PATH.as_ref(), ':')
         };
 
         vars.set_one(L!("PATH"), EnvMode::GLOBAL | EnvMode::EXPORT, path);
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/path.rs b/fish-rust/src/path.rs
index 668f92f4fa63..f0926f25eb8e 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/path.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/path.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ pub fn path_get_path(cmd: &wstr, vars: &dyn Environment) -> Option<WString> {
 
 // PREFIX is defined at build time.
 #[widestrs]
-static DEFAULT_PATH: Lazy<[WString; 3]> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static DEFAULT_PATH: Lazy<[WString; 3]> = Lazy::new(|| {
     [
         "/bin"L.to_owned(),
         "/usr/bin"L.to_owned(),