diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path_windows_test.go b/src/path/filepath/path_windows_test.go
index 2ec5f5ef4404d4..e36a3c9b646367 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path_windows_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func testWinSplitListTestIsValid(t *testing.T, ti int, tt SplitListTest,
 		cmd := &exec.Cmd{
 			Path: comspec,
 			Args: []string{`/c`, cmdfile},
-			Env:  []string{`Path=` + tt.list, `SystemRoot=` + systemRoot},
+			Env:  []string{`Path=` + systemRoot + "/System32;" + tt.list, `SystemRoot=` + systemRoot},
 			Dir:  tmp,
 		}
 		out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()