diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-prefix b/libexec/pyenv-prefix
index 9e20a21a..9cd0715d 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-prefix
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-prefix
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ OLDIFS="$IFS"
       if PYTHON_PATH="$(PYENV_VERSION="${version}" pyenv-which python 2>/dev/null)" || \
           PYTHON_PATH="$(PYENV_VERSION="${version}" pyenv-which python3 2>/dev/null)" || \
           PYTHON_PATH="$(PYENV_VERSION="${version}" pyenv-which python2 2>/dev/null)"; then
-        PYENV_PREFIX_PATH="${PYTHON_PATH%/bin/*}"
+        shopt -s extglob
+        # In some distros (Arch), Python can be found in sbin as well as bin
+        PYENV_PREFIX_PATH="${PYTHON_PATH%/?(s)bin/*}"
         PYENV_PREFIX_PATH="${PYENV_PREFIX_PATH:-/}"
       else
         echo "pyenv: system version not found in PATH" >&2
diff --git a/test/prefix.bats b/test/prefix.bats
index 6f63d1f7..88def509 100644
--- a/test/prefix.bats
+++ b/test/prefix.bats
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ load test_helper
   assert_success "$PYENV_TEST_DIR"
 }
 
+#Arch has Python at sbin as well as bin
+@test "prefix for sbin system" {
+  mkdir -p "${PYENV_TEST_DIR}/sbin"
+  touch "${PYENV_TEST_DIR}/sbin/python"
+  chmod +x "${PYENV_TEST_DIR}/sbin/python"
+  PYENV_VERSION="system" run pyenv-prefix
+  assert_success "$PYENV_TEST_DIR"
+}
+
 @test "prefix for system in /" {
   mkdir -p "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec"
   cat >"${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec/pyenv-which" <<OUT