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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
index 321344a3a5..737b293f8d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ def find_executable(executable, path=None):
os.environ['PATH']. Returns the complete filename or None if not found.
"""
if path is None:
- path = os.environ['PATH']
+ path = os.environ.get('PATH', os.defpath)
+
paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
base, ext = os.path.splitext(executable)