diff --git a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/View/TemplatePaths.php b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/View/TemplatePaths.php
index c60de99d4f26..3c9aa6a2ee01 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/View/TemplatePaths.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/View/TemplatePaths.php
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ protected function getContextSpecificViewConfiguration(string $extensionKey): ar
 
         foreach ($paths as $name => $defaultPaths) {
             if (!empty($configuredPaths[$name])) {
-                $paths[$name] = array_merge($defaultPaths, ArrayUtility::sortArrayWithIntegerKeys((array)$configuredPaths[$name]));
+                $configured = ArrayUtility::sortArrayWithIntegerKeys((array)$configuredPaths[$name]);
+                // prepend default paths which are not found in configured paths, as fallbacks
+                $paths[$name] = array_merge(array_diff($defaultPaths, $configured), $configured);
             }
         }