diff --git a/modules/services/emacs.nix b/modules/services/emacs.nix
index e280b3219..74b3b9042 100644
--- a/modules/services/emacs.nix
+++ b/modules/services/emacs.nix
@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ in {
       launchd.agents.emacs = {
         enable = true;
         config = {
-          ProgramArguments = [ "${cfg.package}/bin/emacs" "--fg-daemon" ]
+          ProgramArguments = [ "${emacsBinPath}/emacs" "--fg-daemon" ]
             ++ cfg.extraOptions;
+          EnvironmentVariables.PATH =
+            "${config.home.profileDirectory}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin";
           RunAtLoad = true;
           KeepAlive = {
             Crashed = true;
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/emacs-darwin/expected-agent.plist b/tests/modules/services/emacs-darwin/expected-agent.plist
index 819457582..bb44b8767 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/emacs-darwin/expected-agent.plist
+++ b/tests/modules/services/emacs-darwin/expected-agent.plist
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
 	<key>KeepAlive</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>PATH</key>
+		<string>/home/hm-user/.nix-profile/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
+	</dict>
 	<dict>
 		<key>Crashed</key>
 		<true/>