diff --git a/src/lib66/svc/svc_send.c b/src/lib66/svc/svc_send.c
index d2e90b4d7b97d6e6a664381285ce380dabe8f66e..6f087a503760f9e1651d06b0c368c83934f30395 100644
--- a/src/lib66/svc/svc_send.c
+++ b/src/lib66/svc/svc_send.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int svc_send(char const *const *list, unsigned int nservice, char **sig, unsigne
     char const *newargv[nargc] ;
     unsigned int m = 0 ;
 
-    newargv[m++] = "svctl" ;
+    newargv[m++] = "signal" ;
     for (; *sig ; sig++)
         newargv[m++] = *sig ;