diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a60e9aa..819c291 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var monitor = respawn(['node', 'server.js'], {
   kill:30000,            // wait 30s before force killing after stopping
   stdio: [...],          // forward stdio options
   fork: true             // fork instead of spawn
+  execPath: 'exec/path'  // executable used to create the child process, if `fork` is `true`
+  execArgv: [...],       // list of string arguments passed to the executable, if `fork` is `true`
 })
 
 monitor.start() // spawn and watch
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d73dbd4..7dd0273 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ var Monitor = function(command, opts) {
   this.stderr = opts.stderr
   this.silent = opts.silent
   this.windowsVerbatimArguments = opts.windowsVerbatimArguments
+  this.execPath = opts.execPath
+  this.execArgv = opts.execArgv
   this.spawnFn = opts.fork
     ? fork
     : spawn
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function() {
       gid: self.gid,
       stdio: self.stdio,
       silent: self.silent,
+      execPath: self.execPath,
+      execArgv: self.execArgv,
       windowsVerbatimArguments: self.windowsVerbatimArguments
     })
 
diff --git a/test/apps/forkExecPath.js b/test/apps/forkExecPath.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83545f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/apps/forkExecPath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+process.send({
+  execPath: process.execPath,
+  execArgv: process.execArgv
+})
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index b83a011..06abbd8 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var test = require('tap').test
 var path = require('path')
 var util = require('util')
+var os = require('os')
+var fs = require('fs')
 var respawn = require('../index')
 
 var crash = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'crash.js')
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ var run = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'run.js')
 var hello = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'hello-world.js')
 var env = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'env.js')
 var fork = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'fork.js')
+var forkExecPath = path.join(__dirname, 'apps', 'forkExecPath.js')
 var node = process.execPath
 
 test('restart', function(t) {
@@ -311,3 +314,45 @@ test('fork', function(t) {
 
   mon.start()
 })
+
+test('fork with a custom execPath and execArgv', function(t) {
+	t.plan(1)
+
+	var mon
+	var messages = []
+
+	var symlinkName = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'node-symlink.exe' : 'node-symlink'
+	var symlinkPath = path.join(__dirname, symlinkName)
+	var execArgv = ['--preserve-symlinks']
+
+	fs.symlink(node, symlinkName, () => {
+		mon = respawn([forkExecPath], {
+			fork:true,
+			maxRestarts:1,
+			sleep:1,
+			execPath: symlinkPath,
+			execArgv: execArgv
+		})
+
+		mon.on('message', function(message) {
+			messages.push(message)
+		})
+
+		mon.on('stop', function() {
+			t.deepEqual(messages, [
+				{execPath: symlinkPath, execArgv: execArgv},
+				{execPath: symlinkPath, execArgv: execArgv}
+			])
+		})
+
+		mon.start()
+	})
+
+	t.tearDown(() => {
+		if (fs.existsSync(symlinkPath)) {
+			fs.unlinkSync(symlinkPath, (err) => {
+				if (err) console.error(err)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+})