diff --git a/rcmain.unix b/rcmain.unix
index 7ccbe1b..691f493 100644
--- a/rcmain.unix
+++ b/rcmain.unix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if(~ $rcname ?.out) prompt=('broken! ' '	')
 if(flag p) path=/bin
 if not {
 	finit
-	if(~ $#path 0) path=(. /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin)
+	if(~ $#path 0) path=`:{/usr/bin/env echo -n $PATH}
 }
 fn sigexit
 if(! ~ $#cflag 0){