diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 289814d12..ad100e1b6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ Command.prototype.executeSubCommand = function(argv, args, unknown) {
     }
   } else {
     args.unshift(bin);
+    // add executable arguments to spawn
+    args = (process.execArgv || []).concat(args);
     proc = spawn(process.execPath, args, { stdio: 'inherit' });
   }