diff --git a/src/bin/gnucash.in b/src/bin/gnucash.in
index 695f15f2f4..50b6de7bb0 100644
--- a/src/bin/gnucash.in
+++ b/src/bin/gnucash.in
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ export GUILE_LOAD_PATH
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-gnucash-bin "$@"
+exec gnucash-bin "$@"