diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/winrm-kinit-path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/winrm-kinit-path.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..574a02bbf9f8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/winrm-kinit-path.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- winrm - Ensure ``kinit`` is run with the same ``PATH`` env var as the Ansible process
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
index fd555c8e39437a..daa683ce30ba2c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import fcntl
 import os
 import shlex
+import typing as t
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from functools import wraps
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class ConnectionBase(AnsiblePlugin):
     # When running over this connection type, prefer modules written in a certain language
     # as discovered by the specified file extension.  An empty string as the
     # language means any language.
-    module_implementation_preferences = ('',)  # type: tuple[str, ...]
+    module_implementation_preferences = ('',)  # type: t.Iterable[str]
     allow_executable = True
 
     # the following control whether or not the connection supports the
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
index f4720238f452b6..4f513a89410c43 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def _kerb_auth(self, principal, password):
         display.vvvvv("creating Kerberos CC at %s" % self._kerb_ccache.name)
         krb5ccname = "FILE:%s" % self._kerb_ccache.name
         os.environ["KRB5CCNAME"] = krb5ccname
-        krb5env = dict(KRB5CCNAME=krb5ccname)
+        krb5env = dict(PATH=os.environ["PATH"], KRB5CCNAME=krb5ccname)
 
         # Add any explicit environment vars into the krb5env block
         kinit_env_vars = self.get_option('kinit_env_vars')
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/connection/test_winrm.py b/test/units/plugins/connection/test_winrm.py
index a0ba76a61adcb5..c3245ccb0107d0 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/connection/test_winrm.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/connection/test_winrm.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+import os
+
 import pytest
 
 from io import StringIO
@@ -255,8 +257,9 @@ def mock_communicate(input=None, timeout=None):
         assert len(mock_calls) == 1
         assert mock_calls[0][1] == expected
         actual_env = mock_calls[0][2]['env']
-        assert list(actual_env.keys()) == ['KRB5CCNAME']
+        assert sorted(list(actual_env.keys())) == ['KRB5CCNAME', 'PATH']
         assert actual_env['KRB5CCNAME'].startswith("FILE:/")
+        assert actual_env['PATH'] == os.environ['PATH']
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('options, expected', [
         [{"_extras": {}},
@@ -287,8 +290,9 @@ def test_kinit_success_pexpect(self, monkeypatch, options, expected):
         mock_calls = mock_pexpect.mock_calls
         assert mock_calls[0][1] == expected
         actual_env = mock_calls[0][2]['env']
-        assert list(actual_env.keys()) == ['KRB5CCNAME']
+        assert sorted(list(actual_env.keys())) == ['KRB5CCNAME', 'PATH']
         assert actual_env['KRB5CCNAME'].startswith("FILE:/")
+        assert actual_env['PATH'] == os.environ['PATH']
         assert mock_calls[0][2]['echo'] is False
         assert mock_calls[1][0] == "().expect"
         assert mock_calls[1][1] == (".*:",)