diff --git a/credential-store.c b/credential-store.c
index 57141679ab..83637aa98b 100644
--- a/credential-store.c
+++ b/credential-store.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "credential.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
 
 static struct lock_file credential_lock;
 
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	umask(077);
 
+	git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 	argc = parse_options(argc, (const char **)argv, NULL, options, usage, 0);
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);