src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go | 3 +++

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
index d5c75062470effa6cef5e27199e3ba60ead7aa5a..8230d85938ae486c802713384d75e8c0dbf63a0c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ 	}
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	cmd := exec.Command(cmdline[0], cmdline[1:]...)
+	if cmd.Path != "" {
+		cmd.Args[0] = cmd.Path
+	}
 	cmd.Stdout = &buf
 	cmd.Stderr = &buf
 	cleanup := passLongArgsInResponseFiles(cmd)