diff --git a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
index 0da89a239..b00ce9652 100644
--- a/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/shell-integration/ssh/bootstrap.sh
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ using_python() {
 
 execute_with_python() {
     if detect_python; then
-        exec $python -c "import os; os.execl('$login_shell', '-' '$shell_name')"
+        exec $python -c "import os; os.execlp('$login_shell', '-' '$shell_name')"
     fi
     return 1;
 }