diff --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
index 6fff2af..7e2877e 100644
--- 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
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public final class PosixLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {
       Map<String, String> env, BinTools binTools, String fallbackTmpDir) {
     ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> result = ImmutableMap.builder();
     result.putAll(Maps.filterKeys(env, k -> !k.equals("TMPDIR")));
+
+    // In case we are running on NixOS.
+    // If bash is called with an unset PATH on this platform,
+    // it will set it to /no-such-path and default tools will be missings.
+    // See, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94222
+    // So we ensure that minimal dependencies are present.
+    if (!env.containsKey("PATH")){
+        result.put("PATH", "@actionsPathPatch@");
+    }
+ 
     String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
       // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR
index 95642767c6..39d3c62461 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ public final class XcodeLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {

     ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> newEnvBuilder = ImmutableMap.builder();
     newEnvBuilder.putAll(Maps.filterKeys(env, k -> !k.equals("TMPDIR")));
+
+    // In case we are running on NixOS.
+    // If bash is called with an unset PATH on this platform,
+    // it will set it to /no-such-path and default tools will be missings.
+    // See, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94222
+    // So we ensure that minimal dependencies are present.
+    if (!env.containsKey("PATH")){
+      newEnvBuilder.put("PATH", "@actionsPathPatch@");
+    }
+
     String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
       // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR