diff --git a/orbit/changes/8986-systemdrive-env-passthrough b/orbit/changes/8986-systemdrive-env-passthrough
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4724604281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orbit/changes/8986-systemdrive-env-passthrough
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Pass `SystemDrive` Environemt variable to osqueryd when present in Orbit
diff --git a/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go b/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
index 40e7b46099..d8eaa90b8c 100644
--- a/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
+++ b/orbit/cmd/orbit/orbit.go
@@ -815,6 +815,12 @@ func main() {
 			)
 		}
 
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			if systemDrive, ok := os.LookupEnv("SystemDrive"); ok {
+				options = append(options, osquery.WithEnv([]string{fmt.Sprintf("SystemDrive=%s", systemDrive)}))
+			}
+		}
+
 		var certPath string
 		if fleetURL != "https://" && c.Bool("insecure") {
 			proxy, err := insecure.NewTLSProxy(fleetURL)