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/winrm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
index 827d9eaee9824e..9d00183925eeec 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ 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 e6bf9ad2919a2f..4478911c021082 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] == (".*:",)