diff --git a/iverilog.conf b/iverilog.conf
index 372c07a6f..c90ab9b48 100644
--- a/iverilog.conf
+++ b/iverilog.conf
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
 # These rules support synthesized and non-synthesized variants.
 
 [-tvvp -S]
-<ivl>%B/ivl %W %[s-s%s] %[N-N%N] %[T-T%T] -tdll -fDLL=%B/vvp.tgt -Fsynth -Fsyn-rules -Fcprop -Fnodangle %f %m -o%o -- -
+<ivl>%B/ivl %W %[s-s%s] %[N-N%N] %[T-T%T] -tdll -fDLL=%B/vvp.tgt -fVVP_EXECUTABLE=%B/../../bin/vvp -Fsynth -Fsyn-rules -Fcprop -Fnodangle %f %m -o%o -- -
 
 [-tvvp]
-<ivl>%B/ivl %W %[s-s%s] %[N-N%N] %[T-T%T] -tdll -fDLL=%B/vvp.tgt -Fcprop -Fnodangle %f %m -o%o -- -
+<ivl>%B/ivl %W %[s-s%s] %[N-N%N] %[T-T%T] -tdll -fDLL=%B/vvp.tgt -fVVP_EXECUTABLE=%B/../../bin/vvp -Fcprop -Fnodangle %f %m -o%o -- -
 
 # --
 # The vvm target uses the <ivl> string to take the preprocessed code from
diff --git a/tgt-vvp/vvp.c b/tgt-vvp/vvp.c
index 1205240b1..eda2a0e4f 100644
--- a/tgt-vvp/vvp.c
+++ b/tgt-vvp/vvp.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT) && !defined(macintosh)
-#ident "$Id: vvp.c,v 1.4 2001/03/27 03:31:07 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: vvp.c,v 1.5 2001/04/28 20:06:07 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@
 
 FILE*vvp_out = 0;
 
-static void draw_module_declarations(ivl_design_t des)
+inline static void draw_execute_header(ivl_design_t des)
+{
+      const char*cp = ivl_design_flag(des, "VVP_EXECUTABLE");
+      if (cp)
+	fprintf(vvp_out, "#! %s\n", cp);
+}
+
+inline static void draw_module_declarations(ivl_design_t des)
 {
       const char*cp = ivl_design_flag(des, "VPI_MODULE_LIST");
 
@@ -61,6 +68,8 @@ int target_design(ivl_design_t des)
 	    return -1;
       }
 
+      draw_execute_header(des);
+
       draw_module_declarations(des);
 
       root = ivl_design_root(des);