diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 0387d79..5334827 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 const char *applet_name ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+smallint re_execed;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
 /*
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@
 {
 	const char *s;
 
+	/* NOMMU re-exec trick sets high-order bit in first byte of name */
+	if (argv[0][0] & 0x80) {
+		re_execed = 1;
+		argv[0][0] &= 0x7f;
+	}
+
 	applet_name = argv[0];
 	if (*applet_name == '-')
 		applet_name++;