diff --git a/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs b/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
index c1a7f42..7d6bb9f 100644
--- a/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ namespace Medallion.Shell.Tests
 
     public class GeneralTest
     {
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCommandWithoutFullyQualifiedPath()
+        {
+            Assert.That(TestShell.Run("git", "--version").StandardOutput.ReadToEnd(), Does.StartWith("git version"));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestGrep()
         {
diff --git a/MedallionShell.Tests/SystemPathSearcherTest.cs b/MedallionShell.Tests/SystemPathSearcherTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3202d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MedallionShell.Tests/SystemPathSearcherTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Medallion.Shell.Tests;
+
+public class SystemPathSearcherTest
+{
+    [Platform("Win", Reason = "Tests Windows-specific executables")]
+    [TestCase("dotnet", @"C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe")]
+    [TestCase("dotnet.exe", @"C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe")]
+    [TestCase("where.exe", @"C:\Windows\System32\where.exe")]
+    [TestCase("cmd", @"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe")]
+    [TestCase("cmd.exe", @"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe")]
+    [TestCase("powershell.exe", @"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe")]
+    [TestCase("explorer.exe", @"C:\Windows\explorer.exe")]
+    [TestCase("git.exe", @"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe")]
+    [TestCase("does.not.exist", null)]
+    // echo is not a program on Windows but an internal command in cmd.exe or powershell.exe.
+    // However, things like git may still install echo (e.g. C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\echo.EXE)
+    // so there's no guarantee for echo on Windows.
+    public void TestGetFullPathOnWindows(string executable, string? expected)
+    {
+        StringAssert.AreEqualIgnoringCase(expected, SystemPathSearcher.GetFullPathUsingSystemPathOrDefault(executable));
+
+        var command = Command.Run("where", executable);
+        command.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim().ShouldEqual(
+            expected ?? string.Empty,
+            $"Exit code: {command.Result.ExitCode}, StdErr: '{command.Result.StandardError}'");
+    }
+
+    [Platform("Unix", Reason = "Tests Unix-specific executables")]
+    [TestCase("dotnet", "/usr/bin/dotnet")]
+    [TestCase("which", "/usr/bin/which")]
+    [TestCase("head", "/usr/bin/head")]
+    [TestCase("sh", "/bin/sh")]
+    [TestCase("ls", "/bin/ls")]
+    [TestCase("grep", "/bin/grep")]
+    [TestCase("sleep", "/bin/sleep")]
+    [TestCase("echo", "/bin/echo")]
+    [TestCase("does.not.exist", null)]
+    public void TestGetFullPathOnLinux(string executable, string? expected)
+    {
+        SystemPathSearcher.GetFullPathUsingSystemPathOrDefault(executable).ShouldEqual(expected);
+
+        var command = Command.Run("which", executable);
+        command.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim().ShouldEqual(
+            expected ?? string.Empty,
+            $"Exit code: {command.Result.ExitCode}, StdErr: '{command.Result.StandardError}'");
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MedallionShell/Shell.cs b/MedallionShell/Shell.cs
index 95f80e1..4683259 100644
--- a/MedallionShell/Shell.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell/Shell.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -38,10 +39,15 @@ public Command Run(string executable, IEnumerable<object>? arguments = null, Act
 
             var finalOptions = this.GetOptions(options);
 
+            var executablePath = finalOptions.SearchOnSystemPath
+                && SystemPathSearcher.GetFullPathUsingSystemPathOrDefault(executable) is { } fullPath
+                ? fullPath
+                : executable;
+
             var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
             {
                 CreateNoWindow = true,
-                FileName = executable,
+                FileName = executablePath,
                 RedirectStandardError = true,
                 RedirectStandardInput = true,
                 RedirectStandardOutput = true,
@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ internal Options()
             internal CommandLineSyntax CommandLineSyntax { get; private set; } = default!; // assigned in RestoreDefaults
             internal bool ThrowExceptionOnError { get; private set; }
             internal bool DisposeProcessOnExit { get; private set; }
+            internal bool SearchOnSystemPath { get; private set; }
             internal TimeSpan ProcessTimeout { get; private set; }
             internal Encoding? ProcessStreamEncoding { get; private set; }
             internal CancellationToken ProcessCancellationToken { get; private set; }
@@ -318,6 +325,17 @@ public Options DisposeOnExit(bool value = true)
                 return this;
             }
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// If specified, the underlying <see cref="Process"/> will search for the system path, like a shell would.
+            ///
+            /// Defaults to false
+            /// </summary>
+            public Options SearchSystemPath(bool value = false)
+            {
+                this.SearchOnSystemPath = value;
+                return this;
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Specifies the <see cref="CommandLineSyntax"/> to use for escaping arguments. Defaults to
             /// an appropriate value for the current platform
diff --git a/MedallionShell/SystemPathSearcher.cs b/MedallionShell/SystemPathSearcher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e194a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MedallionShell/SystemPathSearcher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Medallion.Shell;
+
+internal static class SystemPathSearcher
+{
+    public static string? GetFullPathUsingSystemPathOrDefault(string executable)
+    {
+        if (executable.Contains(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)) { return null; }
+        if (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH") is not { } pathEnvironmentVariable) { return null; }
+        
+        var paths = pathEnvironmentVariable.Split(Path.PathSeparator);
+        var pathExtensions = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            && Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT") is { } pathTextEnvironmentVariable
+            ? [.. pathTextEnvironmentVariable.Split(Path.PathSeparator), string.Empty]
+            : new[] { string.Empty };
+
+        return paths.SelectMany(path => pathExtensions.Select(pathExtension => Path.Combine(path, executable + pathExtension)))
+                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
+    }
+}