diff --git a/libc/stdio/stdio.cpp b/libc/stdio/stdio.cpp
index c429ff2..08df2eb 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/stdio.cpp
+++ b/libc/stdio/stdio.cpp
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@
     if (dup2(fds[child], desired_child_fd) == -1) _exit(127);
     close(fds[child]);
     if (bidirectional) dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO);
-    execl(__bionic_get_shell_path(), "sh", "-c", cmd, nullptr);
+    execl(__bionic_get_shell_path(), "sh", "-c", "--", cmd, nullptr);
     _exit(127);
   }