diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 813e3cd33c..458847566f 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ script: |
             echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog}-8 | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             echo "export FAKETIME=\"$1\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
+            echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
             chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
             touch -d "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}" ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         fi