diff --git a/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs b/fish-rust/src/env/environment.rs
index a5ea48225..3e75cd0fa 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 70607e680..81595f624 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(|| {
     [
         // TODO This should use env!. The fallback is only to appease "cargo test" for now.
         WString::from_str(option_env!("PREFIX").unwrap_or("/usr/local")) + "/bin"L,
diff --git a/tests/checks/default-setup-path.fish b/tests/checks/default-setup-path.fish
index 8f693ade5..739b74167 100644
--- a/tests/checks/default-setup-path.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/default-setup-path.fish
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if command -q getconf
     env -u PATH $fish -c 'test "$PATH" = "$('(command -s getconf)' PATH)"; and echo Success'
 else
     # this is DEFAULT_PATH
-    env -u PATH $fish -c 'test "$PATH" = "/usr/bin:/bin"; and echo Success'
+    # the first element (usually `/usr/local/bin`) depends on PREFIX set in CMake, so we ignore it
+    env -u PATH $fish -c 'test "$PATH[2..]" = "/usr/bin:/bin"; and echo Success'
 end
 # CHECK: Success