1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index 6f058bcc8..4924a97c1 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ void lbb_prepare(const char *applet
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL
        /* Redundant for busybox (run_applet_and_exit covers that case)
         * but needed for "individual applet" mode */
-        if (argv[1] && !argv[2] && strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+        if (argv[1]
+         && !argv[2]
+         && strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0
+         && strncmp(applet, "busybox", 7) != 0
+        ) {
                /* Special case. POSIX says "test --help"
                 * should be no different from e.g. "test --foo".  */
                if (!ENABLE_TEST || strcmp(applet_name, "test") != 0)