diff --git a/gapic/cli/generate_with_pandoc.py b/gapic/cli/generate_with_pandoc.py
index 264d1c8b0b..4a31f76292 100644
--- a/gapic/cli/generate_with_pandoc.py
+++ b/gapic/cli/generate_with_pandoc.py
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import os
-
-from gapic.cli import generate
+import sys
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.environ['PYPANDOC_PANDOC'] = os.path.join(
         os.path.abspath(__file__).rsplit("gapic", 1)[0], "pandoc")
     os.environ['LC_ALL'] = 'C.UTF-8'
-    generate.generate()
+    os.environ['PYTHONNOUSERSITE'] = 'True'
+
+    entry_point_script = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "generate.py")
+    args = [sys.executable, entry_point_script] + sys.argv[1:]
+
+    os.execv(args[0], args)