diff --git a/minix/commands/service/service.c b/minix/commands/service/service.c
index b9e44077d..9b185e30c 100644
--- a/minix/commands/service/service.c
+++ b/minix/commands/service/service.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static int known_request_types[] = {
 					 * system service
 					 */
 #define ARG_LABELNAME	"-label"	/* custom label name */
+#define ARG_PROGNAME	"-progname"	/* custom program name */
 #define ARG_CONFIG	"-config"	/* name of the file with the resource
 					 * configuration 
 					 */
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ static char *req_label = NULL;
 static char *req_trg_label = NULL;
 static char *req_path = NULL;
 static char *req_path_self = SELF_REQ_PATH;
+static char *req_progname = NULL;
 static char *req_args = "";
 static int req_major = 0;
 static int devman_id = 0;
@@ -177,14 +179,14 @@ static void print_usage(char *app_name, char *problem)
   fprintf(stderr, "Warning, %s\n", problem);
   fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n");
   fprintf(stderr,
-      "    %s [%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s] (up|run|edit|update) <binary|%s> [%s <args>] [%s <special>] [%s <major_nr>] [%s <dev_id>] [%s <ticks>] [%s <path>] [%s <name>] [%s <path>] [%s <state value|eval_expression>] [%s <time>] [%s <bytes>] [%s <bytes>] [%s <name>] [(%s|%s <src_label1,src_type1:src_label2,:,src_type3:...>)*] [%s <count>] [%s <restarts>]\n",
+      "    %s [%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s] (up|run|edit|update) <binary|%s> [%s <args>] [%s <special>] [%s <major_nr>] [%s <dev_id>] [%s <ticks>] [%s <path>] [%s <name>] [%s <name>] [%s <path>] [%s <state value|eval_expression>] [%s <time>] [%s <bytes>] [%s <bytes>] [%s <name>] [(%s|%s <src_label1,src_type1:src_label2,:,src_type3:...>)*] [%s <count>] [%s <restarts>]\n",
 	app_name, OPT_COPY, OPT_REUSE, OPT_NOBLOCK, OPT_REPLICA, OPT_NO_BIN_EXP,
 	OPT_BATCH, OPT_ASR_LU, OPT_PREPARE_ONLY_LU, OPT_FORCE_SELF_LU,
 	OPT_FORCE_INIT_CRASH, OPT_FORCE_INIT_FAIL, OPT_FORCE_INIT_TIMEOUT,
 	OPT_FORCE_INIT_DEFCB, OPT_NOMMAP_LU, OPT_DETACH,
 	OPT_NORESTART, OPT_FORCE_INIT_ST, SELF_BINARY,
 	ARG_ARGS, ARG_DEV, ARG_MAJOR, ARG_DEVMANID, ARG_PERIOD,
-	ARG_SCRIPT, ARG_LABELNAME, ARG_CONFIG, ARG_LU_STATE, ARG_LU_MAXTIME,
+	ARG_SCRIPT, ARG_LABELNAME, ARG_PROGNAME, ARG_CONFIG, ARG_LU_STATE, ARG_LU_MAXTIME,
 	ARG_HEAP_PREALLOC, ARG_MAP_PREALLOC, ARG_TRG_LABELNAME, ARG_LU_IPC_BL, ARG_LU_IPC_WL,
 	ARG_ASR_COUNT, ARG_RESTARTS);
   fprintf(stderr, "    %s down <label>\n", app_name);
@@ -564,6 +566,9 @@ static int parse_arguments(int argc, char **argv, u32_t *rss_flags)
           else if (strcmp(argv[i], ARG_TRG_LABELNAME)==0) {
               req_trg_label = argv[i+1];
           }
+          else if (strcmp(argv[i], ARG_PROGNAME)==0) {
+              req_progname = argv[i+1];
+          }
           else if (strcmp(argv[i], ARG_CONFIG)==0) {
               req_config = argv[i+1];
  	      custom_config_file = 1;
@@ -734,9 +739,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   case RS_UP:
   case RS_EDIT:
       /* Build space-separated command string to be passed to RS server. */
-      progname = strrchr(req_path, '/');
-      assert(progname);	/* an absolute path was required */
-      progname++;	/* skip last slash */
+      if (req_progname != NULL) {
+        progname = req_progname;
+      } else {
+        progname = strrchr(req_path, '/');
+        assert(progname);	/* an absolute path was required */
+        progname++;	/* skip last slash */
+      }
       strcpy(command, req_path);
       command[strlen(req_path)] = ' ';
       strcpy(command+strlen(req_path)+1, req_args);
@@ -753,6 +762,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       /* Set specifics */
       config.rs_start.rss_cmd= command;
       config.rs_start.rss_cmdlen= strlen(command);
+      config.rs_start.rss_progname= progname;
+      config.rs_start.rss_prognamelen= strlen(progname);
       config.rs_start.rss_major= req_major;
       config.rs_start.rss_period= req_period;
       config.rs_start.rss_script= req_script;
diff --git a/minix/include/minix/rs.h b/minix/include/minix/rs.h
index 9951e2016..153fe1ffa 100644
--- a/minix/include/minix/rs.h
+++ b/minix/include/minix/rs.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ struct rs_start
 	struct rss_label rss_control[RS_NR_CONTROL];
 	struct rs_state_data rss_state_data;
 	int devman_id;
+	char *rss_progname;
+	size_t rss_prognamelen;
 	/*
 	 * SMP specific data
 	 *
diff --git a/minix/servers/rs/exec.c b/minix/servers/rs/exec.c
index 97442e4bc..e688d8bb5 100644
--- a/minix/servers/rs/exec.c
+++ b/minix/servers/rs/exec.c
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ static struct exec_loaders {
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
-int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char **argv,
-	char **envp)
+int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char *progname,
+	char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	size_t frame_size = 0;	/* Size of the new initial stack. */
 	int argc = 0;		/* Argument count. */
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char **argv,
 	struct ps_strings *psp;
 	int vsp = 0;	/* (virtual) Stack pointer in new address space. */
 
-	char *progname;
 	int r;
 
 	minix_stack_params(argv[0], argv, envp, &frame_size, &overflow,
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char **argv,
 	minix_stack_fill(argv[0], argc, argv, envc, envp, frame_size, frame,
 		&vsp, &psp);
 
-	(progname=strrchr(argv[0], '/')) ? progname++ : (progname=argv[0]);
-
 	r = do_exec(proc_e, exec, exec_len, progname, frame, frame_size,
 		vsp + ((char *)psp - frame));
 
diff --git a/minix/servers/rs/main.c b/minix/servers/rs/main.c
index 5fb6f8ec2..4b3255737 100644
--- a/minix/servers/rs/main.c
+++ b/minix/servers/rs/main.c
@@ -305,11 +305,13 @@ static int sef_cb_init_fresh(int UNUSED(type), sef_init_info_t *UNUSED(info))
        */
       rpub->dev_nr = boot_image_dev->dev_nr;          /* major device number */
 
-      /* Build command settings. This will also set the process name. */
+      /* Build command settings. Also set the process name. */
       strlcpy(rp->r_cmd, ip->proc_name, sizeof(rp->r_cmd));
       rp->r_script[0]= '\0';
       build_cmd_dep(rp);
 
+      strlcpy(rpub->proc_name, ip->proc_name, sizeof(rpub->proc_name));
+
       /* Initialize vm call mask bitmap. */
       calls = SRV_OR_USR(rp, SRV_VC, USR_VC) == ALL_C ? all_c : no_c;
       fill_call_mask(calls, NR_VM_CALLS, rpub->vm_call_mask, VM_RQ_BASE, TRUE);
diff --git a/minix/servers/rs/manager.c b/minix/servers/rs/manager.c
index a0f6b98b1..d40850ce3 100644
--- a/minix/servers/rs/manager.c
+++ b/minix/servers/rs/manager.c
@@ -320,18 +320,6 @@ void build_cmd_dep(struct rproc *rp)
   assert(arg_count < ARGV_ELEMENTS);
   rp->r_argv[arg_count] = NULL;			/* end with NULL pointer */
   rp->r_argc = arg_count;
-  
-  /* Build process name. */
-  cmd_ptr = strrchr(rp->r_argv[0], '/');
-  if (cmd_ptr)
-  	cmd_ptr++;
-  else
-  	cmd_ptr= rp->r_argv[0];
-  len= strlen(cmd_ptr);
-  if (len > RS_MAX_LABEL_LEN-1)
-  	len= RS_MAX_LABEL_LEN-1;	/* truncate name */
-  memcpy(rpub->proc_name, cmd_ptr, len);
-  rpub->proc_name[len]= '\0';
 }
 
 /*===========================================================================*
@@ -642,8 +630,8 @@ struct rproc *rp;
   }
   if(rs_verbose)
         printf("RS: execing child with srv_execve()...\n");
-  s = srv_execve(child_proc_nr_e, rp->r_exec, rp->r_exec_len, rp->r_argv,
-        environ);
+  s = srv_execve(child_proc_nr_e, rp->r_exec, rp->r_exec_len, rpub->proc_name,
+        rp->r_argv, environ);
   vm_memctl(RS_PROC_NR, VM_RS_MEM_PIN, 0, 0);
   if (s != OK) {
         printf("RS: srv_execve failed: %d\n", s);
@@ -1588,9 +1576,16 @@ endpoint_t source;
   rp->r_cmd[rs_start->rss_cmdlen] = '\0';	/* ensure it is terminated */
   if (rp->r_cmd[0] != '/') return(EINVAL);	/* insist on absolute path */
 
-  /* Build cmd dependencies: argv and program name. */
+  /* Build cmd dependencies (argv). */
   build_cmd_dep(rp);
 
+  /* Copy in the program name. */
+  if (rs_start->rss_prognamelen > sizeof(rpub->proc_name)-1) return(E2BIG);
+  s=sys_datacopy(source, (vir_bytes) rs_start->rss_progname, 
+      SELF, (vir_bytes) rpub->proc_name, rs_start->rss_prognamelen);
+  if (s != OK) return(s);
+  rpub->proc_name[rs_start->rss_prognamelen] = '\0';
+
   /* Update label if not already set. */
   if(!strcmp(rpub->label, "")) {
       if(rs_start->rss_label.l_len > 0) {
diff --git a/minix/servers/rs/proto.h b/minix/servers/rs/proto.h
index 70bc4efc9..11069cf93 100644
--- a/minix/servers/rs/proto.h
+++ b/minix/servers/rs/proto.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ struct rproc;
 struct rprocupd;
 
 /* exec.c */
-int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char *argv[],
-	char **env);
+int srv_execve(int proc_e, char *exec, size_t exec_len, char *progname,
+	char *argv[], char **env);
 
 /* main.c */
 int main(void);
diff --git a/minix/usr.bin/trace/service/rs.c b/minix/usr.bin/trace/service/rs.c
index 514a4836c..c1bc3ad4d 100644
--- a/minix/usr.bin/trace/service/rs.c
+++ b/minix/usr.bin/trace/service/rs.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ put_struct_rs_start(struct trace_proc * proc, const char * name,
 		put_flags(proc, "rss_flags", rss_flags, COUNT(rss_flags),
 		    "0x%x", buf.rss_flags);
 	put_buf(proc, "rss_cmd", 0, (vir_bytes)buf.rss_cmd, buf.rss_cmdlen);
+	put_buf(proc, "rss_progname", 0, (vir_bytes)buf.rss_progname,
+	    buf.rss_prognamelen);
 	put_buf(proc, "rss_label", 0, (vir_bytes)buf.rss_label.l_addr,
 	    buf.rss_label.l_len);
 	if (verbose > 0 || buf.rss_major != 0)