diff --git a/rc.apparmor.functions b/rc.apparmor.functions
index 96cb23d33..4401fc420 100644
--- a/rc.apparmor.functions
+++ b/rc.apparmor.functions
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
 
 # Some nice defines that we use
 
-PARSER=/sbin/apparmor_parser
+PATH="@PATH@${PATH:+:$PATH}"
+export PATH
+
+PARSER=$(command -v apparmor_parser)
 PARSER_OPTS=
 # Suppress warnings when booting in quiet mode
 if [ "${QUIET:-no}" = yes ] || [ "${quiet:-n}" = y ]; then
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ ADDITIONAL_PROFILE_DIR=
 if [ -n "$ADDITIONAL_PROFILE_DIR" ] && [ -d "$ADDITIONAL_PROFILE_DIR" ]; then
 	PROFILE_DIRS="$PROFILE_DIRS $ADDITIONAL_PROFILE_DIR"
 fi
-AA_STATUS=/usr/sbin/aa-status
+AA_STATUS=$(command -v aa-status)
 SECURITYFS=/sys/kernel/security
 SFS_MOUNTPOINT="${SECURITYFS}/apparmor"
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ is_container_with_internal_policy() {
 	local ns_name
 
 	# WSL needs to be detected explicitly
-	if [ -x /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt ] && \
+	if command -v systemd-detect-virt >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
 	   [ "$(systemd-detect-virt --container)" = "wsl" ]; then
 		return 0
 	fi