diff --git a/sesman/env.c b/sesman/env.c
index e60a0cfe..ccec950b 100644
--- a/sesman/env.c
+++ b/sesman/env.c
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ env_set_user(const char *username, char **passwd_file, int display,
             g_sprintf(text, ":%d.0", display);
             g_setenv("DISPLAY", text, 1);
             g_setenv("XRDP_SESSION", "1", 1);
+            /* XRDP_SOCKET_PATH should be set even here, chansrv uses this */
+            g_setenv("XRDP_SOCKET_PATH", XRDP_SOCKET_PATH, 1);
             if ((env_names != 0) && (env_values != 0) &&
                 (env_names->count == env_values->count))
             {