diff --git a/std/installer/mod.ts b/std/installer/mod.ts
index 17752517c3..7751bc12e9 100644
--- a/std/installer/mod.ts
+++ b/std/installer/mod.ts
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ function getFlagFromPermission(perm: Permission): string {
 
 function getInstallerDir(): string {
   // In Windows's Powershell $HOME environmental variable maybe null
-  // if so use $HOMEPATH instead.
-  const { HOME, HOMEPATH } = env();
+  // if so use $USERPROFILE instead.
+  const { HOME, USERPROFILE } = env();
 
-  const HOME_PATH = HOME || HOMEPATH;
+  const HOME_PATH = HOME || USERPROFILE;
 
   if (!HOME_PATH) {
     throw new Error("$HOME is not defined.");
   }
 
-  return path.join(HOME_PATH, ".deno", "bin");
+  return path.resolve(HOME_PATH, ".deno", "bin");
 }
 
 async function readCharacter(): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/std/installer/test.ts b/std/installer/test.ts
index 3e6572485c..371cbdfa09 100644
--- a/std/installer/test.ts
+++ b/std/installer/test.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ function installerTest(t: TestFunction, useOriginHomeDir = false): void {
     const tempDir = await makeTempDir();
     const envVars = env();
     const originalHomeDir = envVars["HOME"];
+    const originalUserProfile = envVars["USERPROFILE"];
     if (!useOriginHomeDir) {
       envVars["HOME"] = tempDir;
+      envVars["USERPROFILE"] = tempDir;
     }
 
     try {
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ function installerTest(t: TestFunction, useOriginHomeDir = false): void {
       if (originalHomeDir) {
         envVars["HOME"] = originalHomeDir;
       }
+      if (originalUserProfile) {
+        envVars["USERPROFILE"] = originalUserProfile;
+      }
     }
   };
 
@@ -400,6 +405,63 @@ installerTest(async function installAndMakesureArgsRight(): Promise<void> {
   assert(!thrown, "It should not throw an error");
 }, true); // set true to install module in your real $HOME dir.
 
+installerTest(async function installWithoutHOMEVar(): Promise<void> {
+  const { HOME } = env();
+  env()["HOME"] = "";
+
+  await install(
+    "echo_test",
+    "http://localhost:4500/installer/testdata/echo.ts",
+    []
+  );
+
+  env()["HOME"] = HOME;
+
+  const filePath = path.resolve(HOME, ".deno/bin/echo_test");
+  const fileInfo = await stat(filePath);
+  assert(fileInfo.isFile());
+
+  if (path.isWindows) {
+    assertEquals(
+      await fs.readFileStr(filePath + ".cmd"),
+      /* eslint-disable max-len */
+      `% This executable is generated by Deno. Please don't modify it unless you know what it means. %
+@IF EXIST "%~dp0\deno.exe" (
+  "%~dp0\deno.exe" "run" "http://localhost:4500/installer/testdata/echo.ts" %*
+) ELSE (
+  @SETLOCAL
+  @SET PATHEXT=%PATHEXT:;.TS;=;%
+  "deno" "run" "http://localhost:4500/installer/testdata/echo.ts" %*
+)
+`
+      /* eslint-enable max-len */
+    );
+  }
+
+  assertEquals(
+    await fs.readFileStr(filePath),
+    /* eslint-disable max-len */
+    `#!/bin/sh
+# This executable is generated by Deno. Please don't modify it unless you know what it means.
+basedir=$(dirname "$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,\\\\,/,g')")
+
+case \`uname\` in
+  *CYGWIN*) basedir=\`cygpath -w "$basedir"\`;;
+esac
+
+if [ -x "$basedir/deno" ]; then
+  "$basedir/deno" "run" "http://localhost:4500/installer/testdata/echo.ts" "$@"
+  ret=$?
+else
+  "deno" "run" "http://localhost:4500/installer/testdata/echo.ts" "$@"
+  ret=$?
+fi
+exit $ret
+`
+    /* eslint-enable max-len */
+  );
+});
+
 test(function testIsRemoteUrl(): void {
   assert(isRemoteUrl("https://deno.land/std/http/file_server.ts"));
   assert(isRemoteUrl("http://deno.land/std/http/file_server.ts"));