diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index c2b5d44..bdb9e56 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[])
exit(1);
}
umask(0022);
- execv(cmd, argv);
- /* execv only returns if there was an error */
- fprintf(stderr, _("call to execv failed (%s)
"), strerror(errno));
+ execvp(cmd, argv);
+ /* execvp only returns if there was an error */
+ fprintf(stderr, _("call to execvp failed (%s)
"), strerror(errno));
exit(1);
} else {
/* this code runs for the parent only (wait on the child) */
--
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