diff --git a/fish/virt-copy-in b/fish/virt-copy-in
index d1be1b20f..4bdccfb29 100755
--- a/fish/virt-copy-in
+++ b/fish/virt-copy-in
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ for arg in $@; do
     esac
 done
 
-exec guestfish --rw -i copy-in "$@"
+exec -a "$0" guestfish --rw -i copy-in "$@"
diff --git a/fish/virt-copy-out b/fish/virt-copy-out
index 2648a4d34..ff6938892 100755
--- a/fish/virt-copy-out
+++ b/fish/virt-copy-out
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ for arg in $@; do
     esac
 done
 
-exec guestfish --ro -i copy-out "$@"
+exec -a "$0" guestfish --ro -i copy-out "$@"
diff --git a/fish/virt-tar-in b/fish/virt-tar-in
index dca1bbed4..066f27d33 100755
--- a/fish/virt-tar-in
+++ b/fish/virt-tar-in
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ for arg in $@; do
     esac
 done
 
-exec guestfish --rw -i tar-in "$@"
+exec -a "$0" guestfish --rw -i tar-in "$@"
diff --git a/fish/virt-tar-out b/fish/virt-tar-out
index 4a83e4010..9cc6d7e44 100755
--- a/fish/virt-tar-out
+++ b/fish/virt-tar-out
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ for arg in $@; do
     esac
 done
 
-exec guestfish --ro -i tar-out "$@"
+exec -a "$0" guestfish --ro -i tar-out "$@"