diff -r e22695b4472f -r 8e4be44a676f mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Jan 06 21:11:58 2010 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Jan 06 21:11:58 2010 +0100
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
         os.close(lockfd)        
         try:
             if not runargs:
-                runargs = sys.argv[:]
+                runargs = util.hgcmd() + sys.argv[1:]
             runargs.append('--daemon-pipefds=%s' % lockpath)
             # Don't pass --cwd to the child process, because we've already
             # changed directory.