diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/am b/packages/termux-tools/am
index 7857a1500..934805fc0 100755
--- a/packages/termux-tools/am
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/am
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Remove LD_LIBRARY_PATH from environment to avoid conflicting
 # with system libraries that am may link against.
 
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH= /system/bin/am $@
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH= exec /system/bin/am $@
diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/pm b/packages/termux-tools/pm
index 138df1127..9ec34914f 100755
--- a/packages/termux-tools/pm
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/pm
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Remove LD_LIBRARY_PATH from environment to avoid conflicting
 # with system libraries that pm may link against.
 
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH= /system/bin/pm $@
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH= exec /system/bin/pm $@