diff --git a/libqtile/core/manager.py b/libqtile/core/manager.py
index c22eeb6a..2ffe4eab 100644
--- a/libqtile/core/manager.py
+++ b/libqtile/core/manager.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class Qtile(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()
 
     async def finalize(self):