2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index fa08f48cf..3a4c1044a 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -555,7 +555,10 @@ int start_stop_daemon_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 }
         }
 #endif
-//bb_error_msg("HERE %d '%s'%s'", __LINE__, argv[0], argv[1]);
-        execvp(argv[0], argv);
+        /* Try:
+         * strace -oLOG start-stop-daemon -S -x /bin/usleep -a qwerty 500000
+         * should exec "/bin/usleep", but argv[0] should be "qwerty":
+         */
+        execvp(execname, argv);
         bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't execute '%s'", startas);
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/start-stop-daemon.tests b/testsuite/start-stop-daemon.tests
index be1c1a856..2ddb7fefb 100755
--- a/testsuite/start-stop-daemon.tests
+++ b/testsuite/start-stop-daemon.tests
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ testing "start-stop-daemon without -x and -a" \
         "1\n" \
         "" ""
 
+# Unfortunately, this does not actually check argv[0] correctness,
+# but at least it checks that pathname to exec() is correct
+testing "start-stop-daemon with both -x and -a" \
+        'start-stop-daemon -S -x /bin/false -a qwerty false 2>&1; echo $?' \
+        "1\n" \
+        "" ""
+
 exit $FAILCOUNT