diff --git a/openerp/service/server.py b/openerp/service/server.py
index 576d55e1cd7..e89284a060a 100644
--- a/openerp/service/server.py
+++ b/openerp/service/server.py
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ class PreforkServer(CommonServer):
         cmd = nargs[0]
         cmd = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(cmd), "openerp-gevent")
         nargs[0] = cmd
-        popen = subprocess.Popen(nargs)
+        popen = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable] + nargs)
         self.long_polling_pid = popen.pid
 
     def worker_pop(self, pid):