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diff --git a/src/normalise.cc b/src/normalise.cc
index 3d025d5f5..ad79d83fc 100644
--- a/src/normalise.cc
+++ b/src/normalise.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ FSId normaliseFState(FSId id, FSIdSet pending)
for (ElemMap::iterator i = inMap.begin(); i != inMap.end(); i++)
refPaths.push_back(i->second.path);
+ /* Most shells initialise PATH to some default (/bin:/usr/bin:...) when
+ PATH is not set. We don't want this, so we fill it in with some dummy
+ value. */
+ env["PATH"] = "/path-not-set";
+
/* Build the environment. */
for (StringPairs::iterator i = fs.derive.env.begin();
i != fs.derive.env.end(); i++)