diff --git a/test/init.bats b/test/init.bats
index 61b30be7..60a3328c 100644
--- a/test/init.bats
+++ b/test/init.bats
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ load test_helper
 }
 
 @test "adds shims to PATH" {
-  export PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../libexec:/usr/bin:/bin"
+  export PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../libexec:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin"
   run rbenv-init - bash
   assert_success
   assert_line 0 'export PATH="'${RBENV_ROOT}'/shims:${PATH}"'
 }
 
 @test "adds shims to PATH (fish)" {
-  export PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../libexec:/usr/bin:/bin"
+  export PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../libexec:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin"
   run rbenv-init - fish
   assert_success
   assert_line 0 "setenv PATH '${RBENV_ROOT}/shims' \$PATH"
diff --git a/test/test_helper.bash b/test/test_helper.bash
index 01d9fb99..43b04d3b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "$RBENV_ROOT" != "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/root" ]; then
   export RBENV_ROOT="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/root"
   export HOME="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/home"
 
-  PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
+  PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
   PATH="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/bin:$PATH"
   PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../libexec:$PATH"
   PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/libexec:$PATH"