diff --git a/brush-core/src/builtins/command.rs b/brush-core/src/builtins/command.rs
index bc0c2ea3..ebd3f885 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/builtins/command.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/builtins/command.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ use std::{fmt::Display, io::Write, path::Path};
 
 use crate::{builtins, commands, error, shell, sys::fs::PathExt, ExecutionResult};
 
+/// The value for PATH when invoking `command -p`. This is only used when
+/// the Posix.2 `confstr()` returns nothing
+/// The value of this variable is taken from the BASH source code.
+const STANDARD_UTILS_PATH: &[&str] = &["/bin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/sbin", "/etc:/usr/etc"];
+
 /// Directly invokes an external command, without going through typical search order.
 #[derive(Parser)]
 pub(crate) struct CommandCommand {
@@ -32,10 +37,6 @@ impl builtins::Command for CommandCommand {
         &self,
         context: commands::ExecutionContext<'_>,
     ) -> Result<builtins::ExitCode, error::Error> {
-        if self.use_default_path {
-            return error::unimp("command -p");
-        }
-
         if self.print_description || self.print_verbose_description {
             if let Some(found_cmd) = self.try_find_command(context.shell) {
                 if self.print_description {
@@ -105,6 +106,21 @@ impl CommandCommand {
                 }
             }
 
+            if self.use_default_path {
+                let path = confstr_path();
+                // Without an allocation if possible.
+                let path = path.as_ref().map(|p| String::from_utf8_lossy(p));
+                let path = path.as_ref().map_or(
+                    itertools::Either::Right(STANDARD_UTILS_PATH.iter().copied()),
+                    |p| itertools::Either::Left(p.split(':')),
+                );
+
+                return shell
+                    .find_executables_in(path, self.command_name.as_str())
+                    .first()
+                    .map(|path| FoundCommand::External(path.to_string_lossy().to_string()));
+            }
+
             shell
                 .find_executables_in_path(self.command_name.as_str())
                 .first()
@@ -148,3 +164,38 @@ impl CommandCommand {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// A wrapper for [`nix::libc::confstr`]. Returns a value for the default PATH variable which
+/// indicates where all the POSIX.2 standard utilities can be found.
+fn confstr_path() -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let required_size =
+            unsafe { nix::libc::confstr(nix::libc::_CS_PATH, std::ptr::null_mut(), 0) };
+        if required_size == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        // NOTE: Writing `c_char` (i8 or u8 depending on the platform) into `Vec<u8>` is fine,
+        // as i8 and u8 have compatible representations,
+        // and Rust does not support platforms where `c_char` is not 8-bit wide.
+        let mut buffer = Vec::<u8>::with_capacity(required_size);
+        let final_size = unsafe {
+            nix::libc::confstr(
+                nix::libc::_CS_PATH,
+                buffer.as_mut_ptr().cast(),
+                required_size,
+            )
+        };
+        if final_size == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        // ERANGE
+        if final_size > required_size {
+            return None;
+        }
+        unsafe { buffer.set_len(final_size - 1) }; // The last byte is a null terminator.
+        return Some(buffer);
+    }
+    #[allow(unreachable_code)]
+    None
+}
diff --git a/brush-core/src/shell.rs b/brush-core/src/shell.rs
index 3190bed0..1fea90a1 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/shell.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/shell.rs
@@ -879,12 +879,30 @@ impl Shell {
     /// # Arguments
     ///
     /// * `required_glob_pattern` - The glob pattern to match against.
-    #[allow(clippy::manual_flatten)]
     pub fn find_executables_in_path(&self, required_glob_pattern: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+        self.find_executables_in(
+            self.env.get_str("PATH").unwrap_or_default().split(':'),
+            required_glob_pattern,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Finds executables in the given paths, matching the given glob pattern.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `paths` - The paths to search in
+    /// * `required_glob_pattern` - The glob pattern to match against.
+    #[allow(clippy::manual_flatten)]
+    pub fn find_executables_in<'a, T: AsRef<str>>(
+        &self,
+        paths: impl Iterator<Item = T>,
+        required_glob_pattern: &str,
+    ) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
         let is_executable = |path: &Path| path.executable();
 
         let mut executables = vec![];
-        for dir_str in self.env.get_str("PATH").unwrap_or_default().split(':') {
+        for dir_str in paths {
+            let dir_str = dir_str.as_ref();
             let pattern = std::format!("{dir_str}/{required_glob_pattern}");
             // TODO: Pass through quoting.
             if let Ok(entries) = patterns::Pattern::from(pattern).expand(