diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/apps.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/apps.ts
index 174da94a5d..d0d4618c29 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/apps.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/apps.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function resolveAppPath(appName: string): string | null {
   return resolveWindowsAppPath(appName)
 }
 
-export function wslPath(path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null): string {
+export function wslPath(path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null, distro?: string | null): string {
   if (process.platform !== "win32") return path
 
   const flag = mode === "windows" ? "-w" : "-u"
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@ export function wslPath(path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null): string
     if (path.startsWith("~")) {
       const suffix = path.slice(1)
       const cmd = `wslpath ${flag} "$HOME${suffix.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`
-      const output = execFileSync("wsl", ["-e", "sh", "-lc", cmd])
+      const output = execFileSync("wsl", inDistro(["sh", "-lc", cmd], distro))
       return output.toString().trim()
     }
 
-    const output = execFileSync("wsl", ["-e", "wslpath", flag, path])
+    const output = execFileSync("wsl", inDistro(["wslpath", flag, path], distro))
     return output.toString().trim()
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to run wslpath: ${String(error)}`, { cause: error })
   }
 }
 
+function inDistro(args: string[], distro?: string | null) {
+  if (!distro) return ["-e", ...args]
+  return ["-d", distro, "--", ...args]
+}
+
 function checkMacosApp(appName: string) {
   const locations = [`/Applications/${appName}.app`, `/System/Applications/${appName}.app`]
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
index d3b617f863..c9298e5546 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ registerIpcHandlers({
   setDisplayBackend: async () => undefined,
   parseMarkdown: async (markdown) => parseMarkdown(markdown),
   checkAppExists: async (appName) => checkAppExists(appName),
-  wslPath: async (path, mode) => wslPath(path, mode),
+  wslPath: async (path, mode, distro) => wslPath(path, mode, distro),
   resolveAppPath: async (appName) => resolveAppPath(appName),
   loadingWindowComplete: () => loadingComplete.resolve(),
   runUpdater: async (alertOnFail) => checkForUpdates(alertOnFail),
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/ipc.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/ipc.ts
index c837551886..444fec5cbd 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/ipc.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type Deps = {
   setDisplayBackend: (backend: string | null) => Promise<void> | void
   parseMarkdown: (markdown: string) => Promise<string> | string
   checkAppExists: (appName: string) => Promise<boolean> | boolean
-  wslPath: (path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null) => Promise<string>
+  wslPath: (path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null, distro?: string | null) => Promise<string>
   resolveAppPath: (appName: string) => Promise<string | null>
   loadingWindowComplete: () => void
   runUpdater: (alertOnFail: boolean) => Promise<void> | void
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(deps: Deps) {
   )
   ipcMain.handle("parse-markdown", (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, markdown: string) => deps.parseMarkdown(markdown))
   ipcMain.handle("check-app-exists", (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, appName: string) => deps.checkAppExists(appName))
-  ipcMain.handle("wsl-path", (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null) =>
-    deps.wslPath(path, mode),
+  ipcMain.handle(
+    "wsl-path",
+    (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null, distro?: string | null) =>
+      deps.wslPath(path, mode, distro),
   )
   ipcMain.handle("resolve-app-path", (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, appName: string) => deps.resolveAppPath(appName))
   ipcMain.on("loading-window-complete", () => deps.loadingWindowComplete())
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/index.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/index.ts
index d2e21509e5..d1d20efcce 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const api: ElectronAPI = {
   setDisplayBackend: (backend) => ipcRenderer.invoke("set-display-backend", backend),
   parseMarkdownCommand: (markdown) => ipcRenderer.invoke("parse-markdown", markdown),
   checkAppExists: (appName) => ipcRenderer.invoke("check-app-exists", appName),
-  wslPath: (path, mode) => ipcRenderer.invoke("wsl-path", path, mode),
+  wslPath: (path, mode, distro) => ipcRenderer.invoke("wsl-path", path, mode, distro),
   resolveAppPath: (appName) => ipcRenderer.invoke("resolve-app-path", appName),
   storeGet: (name, key) => ipcRenderer.invoke("store-get", name, key),
   storeSet: (name, key, value) => ipcRenderer.invoke("store-set", name, key, value),
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
index 6118f318ef..704125f34a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export type ElectronAPI = {
   setDisplayBackend: (backend: LinuxDisplayBackend | null) => Promise<void>
   parseMarkdownCommand: (markdown: string) => Promise<string>
   checkAppExists: (appName: string) => Promise<boolean>
-  wslPath: (path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null) => Promise<string>
+  wslPath: (path: string, mode: "windows" | "linux" | null, distro?: string | null) => Promise<string>
   resolveAppPath: (appName: string) => Promise<string | null>
   storeGet: (name: string, key: string) => Promise<string | null>
   storeSet: (name: string, key: string, value: string) => Promise<void>
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
index 39721307a9..9ce70e5a99 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
@@ -57,17 +57,26 @@ const createPlatform = (): Platform => {
     return undefined
   })()
 
+  const wslDistro = async () => {
+    if (os !== "windows") return
+    const state = await window.api.localServer.getState().catch(() => null)
+    if (state?.config.mode !== "wsl") return
+    return state.config.distro
+  }
+
   const wslHome = async () => {
-    if (os !== "windows" || !window.__OPENCODE__?.wsl) return undefined
-    return window.api.wslPath("~", "windows").catch(() => undefined)
+    const distro = await wslDistro()
+    if (!distro) return undefined
+    return window.api.wslPath("~", "windows", distro).catch(() => undefined)
   }
 
   const handleWslPicker = async <T extends string | string[]>(result: T | null): Promise<T | null> => {
-    if (!result || !window.__OPENCODE__?.wsl) return result
+    const distro = await wslDistro()
+    if (!result || !distro) return result
     if (Array.isArray(result)) {
-      return Promise.all(result.map((path) => window.api.wslPath(path, "linux").catch(() => path))) as any
+      return Promise.all(result.map((path) => window.api.wslPath(path, "linux", distro).catch(() => path))) as any
     }
-    return window.api.wslPath(result, "linux").catch(() => result) as any
+    return window.api.wslPath(result, "linux", distro).catch(() => result) as any
   }
 
   const storage = (() => {
@@ -137,8 +146,9 @@ const createPlatform = (): Platform => {
       if (os === "windows") {
         const resolvedApp = app ? await window.api.resolveAppPath(app).catch(() => null) : null
         const resolvedPath = await (async () => {
-          if (window.__OPENCODE__?.wsl) {
-            const converted = await window.api.wslPath(path, "windows").catch(() => null)
+          const distro = await wslDistro()
+          if (distro) {
+            const converted = await window.api.wslPath(path, "windows", distro).catch(() => null)
             if (converted) return converted
           }
           return path