diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/src/agent-codex-launch-env.integration.test.ts b/packages/integration-tests/src/agent-codex-launch-env.integration.test.ts
index 2d76089b0..66fd74fd1 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/src/agent-codex-launch-env.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/src/agent-codex-launch-env.integration.test.ts
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ describe("agent-codex launch/env wiring (integration)", () => {
     const env = agent.getEnvironment(makeLaunchConfig());
     expect(env["CODEX_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK"]).toBe("1");
   });
+
+  it("sets GH_PATH to preferred system gh wrapper location", () => {
+    const env = agent.getEnvironment(makeLaunchConfig());
+    expect(env["GH_PATH"]).toBe("/usr/local/bin/gh");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.test.ts b/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.test.ts
index f365e717a..a611b5e9e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.test.ts
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@ describe("getEnvironment", () => {
     expect(env["CODEX_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK"]).toBe("1");
   });
 
+  it("sets GH_PATH to preferred wrapper target", () => {
+    const env = agent.getEnvironment(makeLaunchConfig());
+    expect(env["GH_PATH"]).toBe("/usr/local/bin/gh");
+  });
+
   it("deduplicates ao and /usr/local/bin entries", () => {
     const originalPath = process.env["PATH"];
     process.env["PATH"] = "/mock/home/.ao/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin";
@@ -1624,6 +1629,18 @@ describe("shell wrapper content", () => {
       expect(content).toContain('exec "$real_gh"');
     });
 
+    it("prefers GH_PATH when provided and executable", async () => {
+      const content = await getWrapperContent("gh");
+      expect(content).toContain("GH_PATH");
+      expect(content).toContain('-x "$GH_PATH"');
+      expect(content).toContain('real_gh="$GH_PATH"');
+    });
+
+    it("guards against recursive GH_PATH pointing to ao wrapper dir", async () => {
+      const content = await getWrapperContent("gh");
+      expect(content).toContain('if [[ "$gh_dir" != "$ao_bin_dir" ]]');
+    });
+
     it("extracts PR URL from gh pr create output", async () => {
       const content = await getWrapperContent("gh");
       expect(content).toContain("https://github");
diff --git a/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.ts b/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.ts
index 06893806b..f9a31c72e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/agent-codex/src/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function normalizePermissionMode(mode: string | undefined): "permissionless" | "
 const AO_BIN_DIR = join(homedir(), ".ao", "bin");
 const DEFAULT_PATH = "/usr/bin:/bin";
 const PREFERRED_GH_BIN_DIR = "/usr/local/bin";
+const PREFERRED_GH_PATH = `${PREFERRED_GH_BIN_DIR}/gh`;
 
 function buildAgentPath(basePath: string | undefined): string {
   const inherited = (basePath ?? DEFAULT_PATH).split(":").filter(Boolean);
@@ -141,7 +142,20 @@ const GH_WRAPPER = `#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ao_bin_dir="\$(cd "\$(dirname "\$0")" && pwd)"
 clean_path="\$(echo "\$PATH" | tr ':' '\\n' | grep -Fxv "\$ao_bin_dir" | grep . | tr '\\n' ':')"
 clean_path="\${clean_path%:}"
-real_gh="\$(PATH="\$clean_path" command -v gh 2>/dev/null)"
+real_gh=""
+
+# Prefer explicit gh path when provided by AO environment.
+# Guard against recursive self-reference to the wrapper in ~/.ao/bin.
+if [[ -n "\${GH_PATH:-}" && -x "\$GH_PATH" ]]; then
+  gh_dir="\$(cd "\$(dirname "\$GH_PATH")" 2>/dev/null && pwd)"
+  if [[ "\$gh_dir" != "\$ao_bin_dir" ]]; then
+    real_gh="\$GH_PATH"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "\$real_gh" ]]; then
+  real_gh="\$(PATH="\$clean_path" command -v gh 2>/dev/null)"
+fi
 
 if [[ -z "\$real_gh" ]]; then
   echo "ao-wrapper: gh not found in PATH" >&2
@@ -642,6 +656,7 @@ function createCodexAgent(): Agent {
       // The wrappers strip this directory from PATH before calling the real
       // binary, so there's no infinite recursion.
       env["PATH"] = buildAgentPath(process.env["PATH"]);
+      env["GH_PATH"] = PREFERRED_GH_PATH;
       // Disable Codex's version check/update prompt for non-interactive AO sessions.
       env["CODEX_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK"] = "1";