diff --git a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
index ef5106f2..7430e962 100644
--- a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ rbenvdirs=("$HOME/.rbenv" "/usr/local/rbenv" "/opt/rbenv" "/usr/local/opt/rbenv"
 if _homebrew-installed && rbenv_homebrew_path=$(brew --prefix rbenv 2>/dev/null); then
     rbenvdirs=($rbenv_homebrew_path "${rbenvdirs[@]}")
     unset rbenv_homebrew_path
+    if [[ $RBENV_ROOT = '' ]]; then 
+      RBENV_ROOT="$HOME/.rbenv"
+    fi
 fi
 
 for rbenvdir in "${rbenvdirs[@]}" ; do