diff --git a/lib/kamal/commander.rb b/lib/kamal/commander.rb
index 1557df57b..d8d6af0a6 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/commander.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/commander.rb
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def configure_sshkit_with(config)
       end
       SSHKit.config.command_map[:docker] = "docker" # No need to use /usr/bin/env, just clogs up the logs
       SSHKit.config.output_verbosity = verbosity
+      SSHKit.config.default_env = config.sshkit.default_env
     end
 
     def specifics
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/sshkit.yml b/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/sshkit.yml
index 0051dc8da..1e7fdfdcb 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/sshkit.yml
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/docs/sshkit.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ sshkit:
   # Kamal sets a long idle timeout of 900 seconds on connections to try to avoid
   # re-connection storms after an idle period, such as building an image or waiting for CI.
   pool_idle_timeout: 300
+
+  # Default Env
+  #
+  # SSHKit sessions do not inherit the host PATH value. If you need to set custom env vars on 
+  # a SSHKit session, like PATH or DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM you can map them here.
+  default_env:
+    path: /usr/local/bin:$PATH"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/sshkit.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/sshkit.rb
index 9d4d61ce3..38289015c 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration/sshkit.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/sshkit.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Kamal::Configuration::Sshkit
 
   def initialize(config:)
     @sshkit_config = config.raw_config.sshkit || {}
-    validate! sshkit_config
+    validate! sshkit_config, with: Kamal::Configuration::Validator::Sshkit
   end
 
   def max_concurrent_starts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ def pool_idle_timeout
     sshkit_config.fetch("pool_idle_timeout", 900)
   end
 
+  def default_env
+    sshkit_config.fetch("default_env", {}).transform_keys(&:to_sym)
+  end
+
   def to_h
     sshkit_config
   end
diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/sshkit.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/sshkit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33ee8d265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration/validator/sshkit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Kamal::Configuration::Validator::Sshkit < Kamal::Configuration::Validator
+  def validate!
+    validate_against_example! \
+      config.except("default_env"),
+      example.except("default_env")
+
+    if config["default_env"]
+      validate_hash_of!(config["default_env"], String)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/configuration/sshkit_test.rb b/test/configuration/sshkit_test.rb
index 1608e6eee..d57382a15 100644
--- a/test/configuration/sshkit_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration/sshkit_test.rb
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@ class ConfigurationSshkitTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     @config = Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |c| c.merge!(sshkit: { "pool_idle_timeout" => 600 }) })
     assert_equal 600, @config.sshkit.pool_idle_timeout
   end
+
+  test "sshkit default env" do
+    assert_equal({}, @config.sshkit.default_env)
+    @config = Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { |c| c.merge!(sshkit: { "default_env" => {"path" => "/usr/local/bin:$PATH" } }) })
+    assert_equal({path: "/usr/local/bin:$PATH" }, @config.sshkit.default_env)
+  end
 end