diff --git a/src/cmd/gotest/gotest.go b/src/cmd/gotest/gotest.go
index 5af82dec3c..210798c63f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gotest/gotest.go
+++ b/src/cmd/gotest/gotest.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func doRun(argv []string, returnStdout bool) string {
 		argv = []string{"cmd", "/c", "sh", "-c", cmd}
 	}
 	var err os.Error
-	argv[0], err = exec.LookPath(command)
+	argv[0], err = exec.LookPath(argv[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("can't find %s: %s", command, err)
 	}