diff --git a/package/dropbear/patches/500-set-default-path.patch b/package/dropbear/patches/500-set-default-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bd3ffcc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dropbear/patches/500-set-default-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/options.h
++++ b/options.h
+@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ be overridden at runtime with -I. 0 disa
+ #define DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT 0
+ 
+ /* The default path. This will often get replaced by the shell */
+-#define DEFAULT_PATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
++#define DEFAULT_PATH "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
+ 
+ /* Some other defines (that mostly should be left alone) are defined
+  * in sysoptions.h */