diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/build-with-lisp.sh b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/build-with-lisp.sh
index 49115c9ef18..030e9e40323 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/build-with-lisp.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/build-with-lisp.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ case "$NIX_LISP" in
                   :toplevel (lambda ()
                     (setf common-lisp:*standard-input* (sb-sys::make-fd-stream 0 :input t :buffering :line))
                     (setf common-lisp:*standard-output* (sb-sys::make-fd-stream 1 :output t :buffering :line))
+                    (setf asdf/image:*command-line-arguments* (cdr sb-ext:*posix-argv*))
                     $code)
                     :executable t :save-runtime-options t :purify t))"
                 systems=":sb-posix $systems"