1diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
2index 6fff2af..7e2877e 100644
3--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
4+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
5@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public final class PosixLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {
6 Map<String, String> env, BinTools binTools, String fallbackTmpDir) {
7 ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> result = ImmutableMap.builder();
8 result.putAll(Maps.filterKeys(env, k -> !k.equals("TMPDIR")));
9+
10+ // In case we are running on NixOS.
11+ // If bash is called with an unset PATH on this platform,
12+ // it will set it to /no-such-path and default tools will be missings.
13+ // See, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94222
14+ // So we ensure that minimal dependencies are present.
15+ if (!env.containsKey("PATH")){
16+ result.put("PATH", "@actionsPathPatch@");
17+ }
18+
19 String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
20 if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
21 // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR
22index 95642767c6..39d3c62461 100644
23--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
24+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
25@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ public final class XcodeLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {
26
27 ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> newEnvBuilder = ImmutableMap.builder();
28 newEnvBuilder.putAll(Maps.filterKeys(env, k -> !k.equals("TMPDIR")));
29+
30+ // In case we are running on NixOS.
31+ // If bash is called with an unset PATH on this platform,
32+ // it will set it to /no-such-path and default tools will be missings.
33+ // See, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94222
34+ // So we ensure that minimal dependencies are present.
35+ if (!env.containsKey("PATH")){
36+ newEnvBuilder.put("PATH", "@actionsPathPatch@");
37+ }
38+
39 String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
40 if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
41 // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR