diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
index e8a0522052..7d2c68ada3 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(call SYSTEM_RSYNC,$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_PATH),$(TARGET_DIR))
 	$(call SYSTEM_USR_SYMLINKS_OR_DIRS,$(TARGET_DIR))
 	$(call SYSTEM_LIB_SYMLINK,$(TARGET_DIR))
+	$(SED) 's,@PATH@,$(BR2_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_PATH),' $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/profile
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 support/misc/target-dir-warning.txt \
 		$(TARGET_DIR_WARNING_FILE)
 endef
diff --git a/system/skeleton/etc/profile b/system/skeleton/etc/profile
index 1255d23ff4..db29e44920 100644
--- a/system/skeleton/etc/profile
+++ b/system/skeleton/etc/profile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+export PATH=@PATH@
 
 if [ "$PS1" ]; then
 	if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then