diff --git a/lib/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script.js
index 378f5624d6..f26fc63bd1 100755
--- a/lib/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     while (root.parent) {
       root = root.parent;
     }
+    process.argv[0] = 'coffee';
     root.filename = process.argv[1] = options.filename ? fs.realpathSync(options.filename) : '.';
     if (root.moduleCache) {
       root.moduleCache = {};
diff --git a/src/coffee-script.coffee b/src/coffee-script.coffee
index f2e6713fdd..67148ce251 100755
--- a/src/coffee-script.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-script.coffee
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ exports.run = (code, options) ->
   root = module
   while root.parent
     root = root.parent
+
+  # Set the process command to `coffee`
+  process.argv[0] = 'coffee'
+
   # Set the filename.
   root.filename = process.argv[1] =
       if options.filename then fs.realpathSync(options.filename) else '.'