--- a/test/tool/plinko/plinko_test.c
+++ b/test/tool/plinko/plinko_test.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ TEST(plinko, worksOrPrintsNiceError) {
     sigaction(SIGQUIT, &savequit, 0);
     sigaction(SIGPIPE, &savepipe, 0);
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, 0);
     execve("bin/plinko.com", (char *const[]){"bin/plinko.com", 0},
-           (char *const[]){0});
+           (char *const[]){"PATH=@coreutils@/bin", 0});
     _exit(127);
   }
   close(pfds[0][0]);