diff --git a/src/sesh.c b/src/sesh.c
index 81b32312d..d6881152f 100644
--- a/src/sesh.c
+++ b/src/sesh.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "sudo_debug.h"
 #include "sudo_exec.h"
 #include "sudo_plugin.h"
+#include "sudo_util.h"
 
 __dso_public int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[]);
 
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
     bool login_shell, noexec = false;
     debug_decl(main, SUDO_DEBUG_MAIN)
 
+    initprogname(argc > 0 ? argv[0] : "sesh");
+
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     bindtextdomain(PACKAGE_NAME, LOCALEDIR);
     textdomain(PACKAGE_NAME);