diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index ba880ea..cb5bbba 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -727,6 +728,12 @@
     InitSecondStageLogging(argv);
     LOG(INFO) << "init second stage started!";
 
+    // Update $PATH in the case the second stage init is newer than first stage init, where it is
+    // first set.
+    if (setenv("PATH", _PATH_DEFPATH, 1) != 0) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Could not set $PATH to '" << _PATH_DEFPATH << "' in second stage";
+    }
+
     // Init should not crash because of a dependence on any other process, therefore we ignore
     // SIGPIPE and handle EPIPE at the call site directly.  Note that setting a signal to SIG_IGN
     // is inherited across exec, but custom signal handlers are not.  Since we do not want to