diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index d44c19e6b5..3699b166c7 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i;
 	char *dir = NULL;
 
+	if (argv[0] && *argv[0])
+		git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+
 	argv++;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		char *arg = *argv++;
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index e5adbc011e..c469a60d79 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i;
 	int strict = 0;
 
+	if (argv[0] && *argv[0])
+		git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		char *arg = argv[i];