diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 870464608..87f860f02 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ in
 
         ${config.lib.shell.exportAll cfg.sessionVariables}
       '' + lib.optionalString (cfg.sessionPath != [ ]) ''
-        export PATH="$PATH''${PATH:+:}${concatStringsSep ":" cfg.sessionPath}"
+        export PATH="${concatStringsSep ":" cfg.sessionPath}''${PATH:+:}$PATH"
       '' + cfg.sessionVariablesExtra;
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/home-environment/session-path.nix b/tests/modules/home-environment/session-path.nix
index 57cfeceda..55c4084a7 100644
--- a/tests/modules/home-environment/session-path.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/home-environment/session-path.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     hmSessVars=home-path/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
     assertFileExists $hmSessVars
     assertFileContains $hmSessVars \
-      'export PATH="$PATH''${PATH:+:}bar:baz:foo"'
+      'export PATH="bar:baz:foo''${PATH:+:}$PATH"'
   '';
 }