diff --git a/execute_cmd.c b/execute_cmd.c
index 070f5119..d20ad2b9 100644
--- a/execute_cmd.c
+++ b/execute_cmd.c
@@ -6129,6 +6129,19 @@ shell_execve (char *command, char **args, char **env)
   char sample[HASH_BANG_BUFSIZ];
   size_t larray;
 
+  char* exec_wrapper = getenv("BASH_EXEC_WRAPPER");
+  if (exec_wrapper && *exec_wrapper && !whitespace (*exec_wrapper))
+    {
+      char *orig_command = command;
+
+      larray = strvec_len (args);
+
+      memmove (args + 2, args, (++larray) * sizeof (char *));
+      args[0] = exec_wrapper;
+      args[1] = orig_command;
+      command = exec_wrapper;
+    }
+
   SETOSTYPE (0);		/* Some systems use for USG/POSIX semantics */
   execve (command, args, env);
   i = errno;			/* error from execve() */