diff --git a/modules/programs/rclone.nix b/modules/programs/rclone.nix
index 4af20eb12..10a40f446 100644
--- a/modules/programs/rclone.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/rclone.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ let
         Type =
           if !isMount && !(builtins.elem sidecar.protocol serveProtocolNotifies) then "simple" else "notify";
         Environment =
-          (lib.optional isMount "PATH=/run/wrappers/bin")
+          # PATH is set explicitly so fusermount/fusermount3 is found on both
+          # NixOS (/run/wrappers/bin) and standalone home-manager hosts running
+          # other Linux distros (where the FUSE setuid helper lives in standard
+          # /usr or /sbin paths). Setting Environment=PATH= replaces systemd's
+          # inherited PATH, so we must enumerate the non-NixOS locations too.
+          (lib.optional isMount "PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin")
           ++ lib.optional (sidecar.logLevel != null) "RCLONE_LOG_LEVEL=${sidecar.logLevel}";
         SuccessExitStatus = "143";
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/rclone/mount-service-generation.nix b/tests/modules/programs/rclone/mount-service-generation.nix
index 79c175da2..9872374fa 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/rclone/mount-service-generation.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/rclone/mount-service-generation.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ _: {
     assertFileContains "$service" "rclone mount '--cache-dir=%C/rclone' '--dir-cache-time=5000h' '--poll-interval=10s' '--umask=002' '--vfs-cache-mode=full' sftp-remote:documents/work /home/alice/mounts/work-docs"
     assertFileContains "$service" "mkdir -p /home/alice/mounts/work-docs"
     assertFileContains "$service" "RCLONE_LOG_LEVEL=INFO"
-    assertFileContains "$service" "PATH=/run/wrappers/bin"
+    assertFileContains "$service" "PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
     assertFileContains "$service" "Rclone FUSE daemon for sftp-remote:documents/work"
     assertFileContains "$service" "Type=notify"