diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt b/src/universal/bin/sbt
index a2ded2146..d0fac18cd 100755
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ runNativeClient() {
       unset 'original_args[i]'
     fi
   done
-  execRunner "$sbtn_command" "${original_args[@]}"
+  execRunner "$sbtn_command" "--sbt-script=$0" "${original_args[@]}"
 }
 
 original_args=("$@")