diff --git a/plugins/python/pyutils.c b/plugins/python/pyutils.c
index 0975d5ce..3adf1012 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyutils.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyutils.c
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ void init_pyargv() {
 	up.py_argv[0] = "uwsgi";
 #endif
 
-	if (up.argv != NULL && !up.argc) {
-		up.argc++;
+	up.argc = 1;
+
+	if (up.argv != NULL) {
 #ifdef PYTHREE
 		wchar_t *wcargv = malloc( sizeof( wchar_t ) * (strlen(up.argv)+1));
 		if (!wcargv) {
@@ -106,5 +107,8 @@ void init_pyargv() {
 
 		PySys_SetArgv(up.argc, up.py_argv);
 
+	PyObject *sys_dict = get_uwsgi_pydict("sys");
+	PyDict_SetItemString(sys_dict, "executable", PyString_FromString(uwsgi.binary_path));
+
 
 }