diff --git a/src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs b/src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs
index d9e2ac5ef5b..71acd92d9e8 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {
     public static class WhichUtil
     {
-        public static string Which(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter trace = null)
+        public static string Which(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter trace = null, string prependPath = null)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(command, nameof(command));
             trace?.Info($"Which: '{command}'");
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ public static string Which(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter tr
                 trace?.Info("PATH environment variable not defined.");
                 path = path ?? string.Empty;
             }
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prependPath))
+            {
+                path = PathUtil.PrependPath(prependPath, path);
+            }
 
             string[] pathSegments = path.Split(new Char[] { Path.PathSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
             for (int i = 0; i < pathSegments.Length; i++)
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
index 6564863a6b8..ccae1350182 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Linq;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public override void PrintActionDetails(ActionRunStage stage)
             string shellCommand;
             string shellCommandPath = null;
             bool validateShellOnHost = !(StepHost is ContainerStepHost);
+            string prependPath = string.Join(Path.PathSeparator.ToString(), ExecutionContext.PrependPath.Reverse<string>());
             Inputs.TryGetValue("shell", out var shell);
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(shell))
             {
@@ -63,19 +65,19 @@ public override void PrintActionDetails(ActionRunStage stage)
                 shellCommand = "pwsh";
                 if(validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace);
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(shellCommandPath))
                     {
                         shellCommand = "powershell";
                         Trace.Info($"Defaulting to {shellCommand}");
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace);
+                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
                     }
                 }
 #else
                 shellCommand = "sh";
                 if (validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash") ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace);
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
 #endif
                 argFormat = ScriptHandlerHelpers.GetScriptArgumentsFormat(shellCommand);
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ public override void PrintActionDetails(ActionRunStage stage)
                 shellCommand = parsed.shellCommand;
                 if (validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, true, Trace);
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
 
                 argFormat = $"{parsed.shellArgs}".TrimStart();
@@ -144,23 +146,24 @@ public async Task RunAsync(ActionRunStage stage)
             Inputs.TryGetValue("shell", out var shell);
             var isContainerStepHost = StepHost is ContainerStepHost;
 
+            string prependPath = string.Join(Path.PathSeparator.ToString(), ExecutionContext.PrependPath.Reverse<string>());
             string commandPath, argFormat, shellCommand;
             // Set up default command and arguments
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(shell))
             {
 #if OS_WINDOWS
                 shellCommand = "pwsh";
-                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace);
+                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandPath))
                 {
                     shellCommand = "powershell";
                     Trace.Info($"Defaulting to {shellCommand}");
-                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace);
+                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
                 ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(commandPath, "Default Shell");
 #else
                 shellCommand = "sh";
-                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace);
+                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
 #endif
                 argFormat = ScriptHandlerHelpers.GetScriptArgumentsFormat(shellCommand);
             }
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ public async Task RunAsync(ActionRunStage stage)
                 var parsed = ScriptHandlerHelpers.ParseShellOptionString(shell);
                 shellCommand = parsed.shellCommand;
                 // For non-ContainerStepHost, the command must be located on the host by Which
-                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, !isContainerStepHost, Trace);
+                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
                 argFormat = $"{parsed.shellArgs}".TrimStart();
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(argFormat))
                 {