diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index d802cbd45..b7061caef 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -511,7 +511,8 @@ to least)."
     (when (and (not noninteractive)
                (file-readable-p doom-env-file))
       (doom-load-env-vars doom-env-file)
-      (setq exec-path (append (split-string (getenv "PATH") ":")
+      (setq exec-path (append (split-string (getenv "PATH")
+                                            (if IS-WINDOWS ";" ":"))
                               (list exec-directory))
             shell-file-name (or (getenv "SHELL")
                                 shell-file-name))))