diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandProcessor.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandProcessor.cs
index 2c5efb3566..ca38b337b8 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandProcessor.cs
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
                         errorMsg,
                         errorId);
 
-                    var errorRecord = new ErrorRecord(exception, errorId, ErrorCategory.NotSpecified, targetObject: NativeCommandName);
+                    var errorRecord = new ErrorRecord(exception, errorId, ErrorCategory.NotSpecified, targetObject: Path);
                     this.commandRuntime._WriteErrorSkipAllowCheck(errorRecord);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/NativeCommandErrorHandling.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/NativeCommandErrorHandling.Tests.ps1
index b8d6b20e12..055382bb5e 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/NativeCommandErrorHandling.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/NativeCommandErrorHandling.Tests.ps1
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Describe 'Native command error handling tests' -Tags 'CI' {
         }
 
         $exeName = $IsWindows ? 'testexe.exe' : 'testexe'
+        $exePath = @(Get-Command $exeName -Type Application)[0].Path
 
         $errorActionPrefTestCases = @(
             @{ ErrorActionPref = 'Stop' }
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ Describe 'Native command error handling tests' -Tags 'CI' {
 
             $error.Count | Should -Be 1
             $error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ProgramExitedWithNonZeroCode'
-            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exeName
+            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exePath
         }
 
         It 'Non-zero exit code outputs a non-teminating error for $ErrorActionPreference = ''Continue''' {
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ Describe 'Native command error handling tests' -Tags 'CI' {
             $stderr = testexe -returncode 1 2>&1
 
             $error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ProgramExitedWithNonZeroCode'
-            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exeName
+            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exePath
             $stderr[1].Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly "Program `"$exeName`" ended with non-zero exit code: 1."
         }
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ Describe 'Native command error handling tests' -Tags 'CI' {
             $stderr = testexe -returncode 1 2>&1
 
             $error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ProgramExitedWithNonZeroCode'
-            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exeName
+            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exePath
             $stderr[1].Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly "Program `"$exeName`" ended with non-zero exit code: 1."
         }
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Describe 'Native command error handling tests' -Tags 'CI' {
 
             $error.Count | Should -Be 1
             $error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ProgramExitedWithNonZeroCode'
-            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exeName
+            $error[0].TargetObject | Should -BeExactly $exePath
         }
 
         It 'Non-zero exit code does not generates an error record for $ErrorActionPreference = ''Ignore''' {