diff --git a/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c b/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
index 1442f5f6c..70cd32a3e 100644
--- a/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
+++ b/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ static inline void InitProgramExecutableNameImpl(void) {
     goto UseEmpty;
   }
 
-  // Try what the loader supplied first. Fall back to argv[0],
+  // try what the loader supplied first. fall back to argv[0],
   // then argv[0].com, then $_, then $_.com.
   if (TryPath(__program_executable_name, 0) || TryPath(__argv[0], 1) ||
+      /* TODO(mrdomino): remove after next loader mint */
+      TryPath(__getenv(__envp, "COSMOPOLITAN_PROGRAM_EXECUTABLE").s, 0) ||
       TryPath(__getenv(__envp, "_").s, 1)) {
     goto UseBuf;
   }