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