diff --git a/sc2/build/unix/uqm-wrapper.in b/sc2/build/unix/uqm-wrapper.in
index 3ae7ea20f..262f7f498 100755
--- a/sc2/build/unix/uqm-wrapper.in
+++ b/sc2/build/unix/uqm-wrapper.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Wrapper script for starting The Ur-Quan Masters
-"@INSTALL_LIBDIR@uqm/uqm" "--contentdir=@INSTALL_SHAREDIR@uqm/content" "$@"
+exec "@INSTALL_LIBDIR@uqm/uqm" "--contentdir=@INSTALL_SHAREDIR@uqm/content" "$@"