diff --git a/libraries/windows_helper.rb b/libraries/windows_helper.rb
index ca6a4bc7..b36c4785 100644
--- a/libraries/windows_helper.rb
+++ b/libraries/windows_helper.rb
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 require 'uri'
+require 'Win32API' if Chef::Platform.windows?
+require 'chef/exceptions'
 
 module Windows
   module Helper
 
     AUTO_RUN_KEY = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'.freeze unless defined?(AUTO_RUN_KEY)
     ENV_KEY = 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment'.freeze unless defined?(ENV_KEY)
+    ExpandEnvironmentStrings = Win32API.new('kernel32', 'ExpandEnvironmentStrings', ['P', 'P', 'L'], 'L') if Chef::Platform.windows?
 
     # returns windows friendly version of the provided path,
     # ensures backslashes are used everywhere
@@ -82,6 +85,17 @@ def cached_file(source, checksum=nil, windows_path=true)
       end
     end
 
+    # Expands the environment variables
+    def expand_env_vars(path)
+      # We pick 32k because that is the largest it could be:
+      # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724265%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
+      buf = 0.chr * 32 * 1024 # 32k
+      if ExpandEnvironmentStrings.call(path, buf, buf.length) == 0
+        raise Chef::Exceptions::Win32APIError, "Failed calling ExpandEnvironmentStrings (received 0)"
+      end
+      buf.strip
+    end
+
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/providers/path.rb b/providers/path.rb
index d297aec9..88c49780 100644
--- a/providers/path.rb
+++ b/providers/path.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,27 @@
 #
 use_inline_resources if defined?(use_inline_resources)
 
+include Windows::Helper
+
 action :add do
   env "path" do
     action :modify
     delim ::File::PATH_SEPARATOR
     value new_resource.path
+    notifies :run, "ruby_block[fix ruby ENV['PATH']]", :immediately
+  end
+
+  # The windows Env provider does not correctly expand variables in 
+  # the PATH environment variable. Ruby expects these to be expanded.
+  # This is a temporary fix for that.
+  #
+  # Follow at https://github.com/opscode/chef/pull/1876
+  #
+  ruby_block "fix ruby ENV['PATH']" do
+    block do
+      ENV['PATH'] = expand_env_vars(ENV['PATH'])
+    end
+    action :nothing
   end
 end