diff --git a/libqtile/manager.py b/libqtile/manager.py
index fc198e9bae7..860b97d8db1 100644
--- a/libqtile/manager.py
+++ b/libqtile/manager.py
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ class Qtile(command.CommandObject):
             logger.error("Unable to pickle qtile state")
         argv = [s for s in argv if not s.startswith('--with-state')]
         argv.append('--with-state=' + buf.getvalue().decode())
-        self._restart = (sys.executable, argv)
+        self._restart = (os.environ.get("QTILE_WRAPPER", "@out@/bin/qtile"), argv[1:])
         self.stop()
 
     def cmd_spawn(self, cmd):