diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlyoom/0000-fix-dbus-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlyoom/0000-fix-dbus-path.patch
index 2b9e45dfb1c9..02d6e00454f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlyoom/0000-fix-dbus-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlyoom/0000-fix-dbus-path.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 --- a/kill.c
 +++ b/kill.c
-@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void notify_dbus(const char* body)
+@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void notify_spawn_subprocess(const char* script, char* const argv[], cons
+     }
+ 
+     debug("%s: exec %s\n", __func__, script);
+-    execv(script, argv);
++    execvp(script, argv);
+     warn("%s: exec %s failed: %s\n", __func__, script, strerror(errno));
+     exit(1);
+ }
+@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static void notify_dbus(const char* body)
          body2,
          NULL
      };