diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
index 268de50340cbf..1273767e9cc48 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
@@ -782,6 +782,13 @@ private Map<String, String> getOpenSearchEnvironment() {
         defaultEnv.put("HOSTNAME", HOSTNAME_OVERRIDE);
         defaultEnv.put("COMPUTERNAME", COMPUTERNAME_OVERRIDE);
 
+        // Pass PATH environment variable to be able to run OpenSearch cli tools
+        var systemEnv = System.getenv();
+        var systemPath = systemEnv.get("PATH");
+        if (systemPath != null) {
+            defaultEnv.put("PATH", systemPath);
+        }
+
         Set<String> commonKeys = new HashSet<>(environment.keySet());
         commonKeys.retainAll(defaultEnv.keySet());
         if (commonKeys.isEmpty() == false) {