diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_wrapper.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_wrapper.c
index 1420ace3547b4c5e1519349702ebe4a9e9a2ea53..2cf5a1054ff504030347b2ff3908b2eca4913c79 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_wrapper.c
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ int ssexec_scandir_wrapper(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
         argv++ ;
     }
 
+    if (!argc)
+        log_usage(usage_scandir_wrapper, "\n", help_scandir_wrapper) ;
+
     if (!strcmp(argv[0], "create")) {
 
         nargv[n++] = argv[0] ;