diff --git a/include/paths.h b/include/paths.h
index d5765e6528..25fe4dac1d 100644
--- a/include/paths.h
+++ b/include/paths.h
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 
+#define _PATH_LOCALBASE "/usr/local"
+
 /* Default search path. */
-#define	_PATH_DEFPATH	"/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+#define _PATH_DEFPATH   "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:" \
+                        _PATH_LOCALBASE "/sbin:" _PATH_LOCALBASE "/bin"
 /* All standard utilities path. */
 #define	_PATH_STDPATH	"/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 /* Locate system binaries. */