diff --git a/src/cli/index.js b/src/cli/index.js
index 2ed29cbef0..29ed981060 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/src/cli/index.js
@@ -617,7 +617,11 @@ async function start(): Promise<void> {
     let exitCode = 0;
 
     try {
-      exitCode = await spawnp(yarnPath, argv, opts);
+      if (yarnPath.endsWith(`.js`)) {
+        exitCode = await spawnp(process.execPath, [yarnPath, ...argv], opts);
+      } else {
+        exitCode = await spawnp(yarnPath, argv, opts);
+      }
     } catch (firstError) {
       try {
         exitCode = await forkp(yarnPath, argv, opts);