diff --git a/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c b/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
index 651bccc2..b5cbe4f0 100644
--- a/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
+++ b/sesman/sessvc/sessvc.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
   {
     g_set_current_dir(XRDP_SBIN_PATH);
     g_snprintf(exe_path, 261, "%s/xrdp-chansrv", XRDP_SBIN_PATH);
-    g_execvp(exe_path, 0);
+    g_execlp3(exe_path, "xrdp-chansrv", 0);
     /* should not get here */
     g_writeln("xrdp-sessvc: g_execvp failed");
     return 1;