diff --git a/src/path.cpp b/src/path.cpp
index b1978fceb..a1ced74e0 100644
--- a/src/path.cpp
+++ b/src/path.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ wcstring_list_t path_get_paths(const wcstring &cmd, const environment_t &vars) {
     return paths;
 }
 
+wcstring_list_ffi_t path_get_paths_ffi(const wcstring &cmd, const parser_t &parser) {
+    return path_get_paths(cmd, parser.vars());
+}
+
 wcstring_list_t path_apply_cdpath(const wcstring &dir, const wcstring &wd,
                                   const environment_t &env_vars) {
     wcstring_list_t paths;
diff --git a/src/path.h b/src/path.h
index 32b162479..8b0e7b481 100644
--- a/src/path.h
+++ b/src/path.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "maybe.h"
+#include "parser.h"
+#include "wutil.h"
 
 /// Returns the user configuration directory for fish. If the directory or one of its parents
 /// doesn't exist, they are first created.
@@ -64,6 +66,9 @@ get_path_result_t path_try_get_path(const wcstring &cmd, const environment_t &va
 /// Return all the paths that match the given command.
 wcstring_list_t path_get_paths(const wcstring &cmd, const environment_t &vars);
 
+// Needed because of issues with vectors of wstring and environment_t.
+wcstring_list_ffi_t path_get_paths_ffi(const wcstring &cmd, const parser_t &parser);
+
 /// Returns the full path of the specified directory, using the CDPATH variable as a list of base
 /// directories for relative paths.
 ///