diff --git a/ido b/ido
index 65f6cd1a..a79d4372 100755
--- a/ido
+++ b/ido
@@ -445,6 +445,17 @@ then
 	command+=(-c "$command_string")
 fi
 
+if [[ ! "$IDO_SECURE_PATH" ]]
+then
+	if uname -s | grep -q NetBSD
+	then
+		IDO_SECURE_PATH="/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:"
+	else
+		IDO_SECURE_PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:"
+	fi
+	IDO_SECURE_PATH+="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+fi
+
 exec /usr/bin/env \
 IDO_USER="$USER" \
 IDO_UID="$UID" \
diff --git a/tests/tests-ido.bash b/tests/tests-ido.bash
index f7577fee..e08ea175 100755
--- a/tests/tests-ido.bash
+++ b/tests/tests-ido.bash
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ fi
 echo
 
 run "ido: test option --secure-path /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin sets path used for every command run from ido"
-if bash -x ido --secure-path /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin env | grep "^PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin$"
+if bash -x ido --secure-path /usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin env | grep "^PATH=/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin$"
 then
 	ok
 else