--- a/xfce4-session/xfsm-compat-gnome.c
+++ b/xfce4-session/xfsm-compat-gnome.c
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
   error = NULL;
   argv[0] = GNOME_KEYRING_DAEMON;
   argv[1] = NULL;
-  g_spawn_sync (NULL, argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN,
+  g_spawn_sync (NULL, argv, NULL,
+                G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN,
                 child_setup, NULL,
                 &sout, NULL, &status, &error);