diff --git a/src/job.c b/src/job.c
index 94835c0d..c4e77490 100644
--- a/src/job.c
+++ b/src/job.c
@@ -2381,6 +2381,18 @@ child_execute_job (struct childbase *child, int good_stdin, char **argv)
           break;
         }
 
+    /* execvp() will use a default PATH if none is set; emulate that.  */
+    if (p == NULL)
+      {
+        size_t l = confstr (_CS_PATH, NULL, 0);
+        if (l)
+          {
+            char *dp = alloca (l);
+            confstr (_CS_PATH, dp, l);
+            p = dp;
+          }
+      }
+
     cmd = (char *)find_in_given_path (argv[0], p, 0);
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/misc/general4 b/tests/scripts/misc/general4
index 263505e4..0077c896 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/misc/general4
+++ b/tests/scripts/misc/general4
@@ -118,4 +118,11 @@ all: ; $sname
 
 unlink($sname);
 
+# SV 57674: ensure we use a system default PATH if one is not set
+delete $ENV{PATH};
+run_make_test(q!
+a: ; @echo hi
+!,
+              '', "hi\n");
+
 1;