diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 823705030b9..b8cb2552372 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ PATH=/void-packages:/usr/bin
 exec env -i -- SHELL=/bin/sh PATH="\$PATH" DISTCC_HOSTS="\$XBPS_DISTCC_HOSTS" DISTCC_DIR="/host/distcc" \
     ${XBPS_ARCH+XBPS_ARCH=$XBPS_ARCH} ${XBPS_CHECK_PKGS+XBPS_CHECK_PKGS=$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS} \
     CCACHE_DIR="/host/ccache" IN_CHROOT=1 LC_COLLATE=C LANG=en_US.UTF-8 TERM=linux HOME="/tmp" \
-    PS1="[\u@$XBPS_MASTERDIR \W]$ " /bin/bash +h
+    PS1="[\u@$XBPS_MASTERDIR \W]$ " /bin/bash +h "\$@"
 _EOF
 
     chmod 755 $XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/xbps-shell