diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/yarn.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/yarn.tt
index 915aac34da..2c5013bde6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/yarn.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/yarn.tt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
+require 'pathname'
+
 APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
 Dir.chdir(APP_ROOT) do
-  exec "yarn", *ARGV
+  executable_path = ENV["PATH"].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).find do |path|
+    normalized_path = File.expand_path(path)
+
+    normalized_path != __dir__ && File.executable?(Pathname.new(normalized_path).join('yarn'))
+  end
+
+  exec File.expand_path(Pathname.new(executable_path).join('yarn')), *ARGV
 rescue Errno::ENOENT
   $stderr.puts "Yarn executable was not detected in the system."
   $stderr.puts "Download Yarn at https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install"