diff --git a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
index 909ff2f..f56b823 100755
--- a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
+++ b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 # =============================================================================
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Make user-local bins (bun, omp, cargo) visible to the script even when
+# invoked from a non-interactive context (e.g. `chezmoi apply` over SSH).
+# These are normally added by .zshrc, but this script runs in a plain
+# shell where those rc files aren't sourced.
+export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
+
 log() { printf '\033[1;34m[packages]\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
 die() { printf '\033[1;31m[packages ERROR]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }