diff --git a/pathnames.h.in b/pathnames.h.in
index d6eb6e466..4e6cc078d 100644
--- a/pathnames.h.in
+++ b/pathnames.h.in
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 #define _PATH_DEFPATH		"/usr/bin:/bin"
 #endif /* _PATH_DEFPATH */
 
+#ifndef _PATH_STDPATH
+#define _PATH_STDPATH		"/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+#endif /* _PATH_STDPATH */
+
 #ifndef _PATH_ENVIRONMENT
 #define _PATH_ENVIRONMENT	"/etc/environment"
 #endif /* _PATH_ENVIRONMENT */
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/env.c b/plugins/sudoers/env.c
index 99ef0ff57..c7562590c 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/env.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/env.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ rebuild_env(int noexec)
     if (!ISSET(didvar, DID_TERM))
 	sudo_putenv("TERM=unknown", FALSE, FALSE);
     if (!ISSET(didvar, DID_PATH))
-	sudo_setenv("PATH", _PATH_DEFPATH, FALSE);
+	sudo_setenv("PATH", _PATH_STDPATH, FALSE);
 
     /*
      * Preload a noexec file?  For a list of LD_PRELOAD-alikes, see
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
index 071c84cd5..0cacc92cb 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ send_mail(const char *fmt, ...)
 #ifndef NO_ROOT_MAILER
     static char *root_envp[] = {
 	"HOME=/",
-	"PATH=/usr/bin:/bin",
+	"PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",
 	"LOGNAME=root",
 	"USERNAME=root",
 	"USER=root",