diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
index 7c170ac4e..5c2d8277c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public ProcessBuilder runInShell(String cmd, String[] args) {
 		List<String> argv = new ArrayList<>(4 + args.length);
 		argv.add("sh"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		argv.add("-c"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		argv.add(cmd + " \"$@\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		argv.add("$0 \"$@\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		argv.add(cmd);
 		argv.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
 		ProcessBuilder proc = new ProcessBuilder();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
index 4efa9888f..ac3248cb6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public ProcessBuilder runInShell(String cmd, String[] args) {
 		List<String> argv = new ArrayList<>(4 + args.length);
 		argv.add("sh.exe"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		argv.add("-c"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		argv.add(cmd + " \"$@\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		argv.add("$0 \"$@\""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		argv.add(cmd);
 		argv.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
 		ProcessBuilder proc = new ProcessBuilder();