diff --git a/src/bin.ts b/src/bin.ts
index 0194f3a3c..13907f39e 100644
--- a/src/bin.ts
+++ b/src/bin.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Options:
   }
 
   // Prepend `ts-node` arguments to CLI for child processes.
-  process.execArgv.unshift(
+  process.execArgv.push(
     __filename,
     ...process.argv.slice(2, process.argv.length - args._.length)
   );
diff --git a/src/test/helpers.ts b/src/test/helpers.ts
index 2ff36f157..5327459be 100644
--- a/src/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/test/helpers.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const DIST_DIR = resolve(__dirname, '..');
 export const TEST_DIR = join(__dirname, '../../tests');
 export const PROJECT = join(TEST_DIR, 'tsconfig.json');
 export const BIN_PATH = join(TEST_DIR, 'node_modules/.bin/ts-node');
+export const BIN_PATH_JS = join(TEST_DIR, 'node_modules/ts-node/dist/bin.js');
 export const BIN_SCRIPT_PATH = join(
   TEST_DIR,
   'node_modules/.bin/ts-node-script'
diff --git a/src/test/index.spec.ts b/src/test/index.spec.ts
index a709e4e8a..16c9a666b 100644
--- a/src/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as expect from 'expect';
 import { join, resolve, sep as pathSep } from 'path';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import semver = require('semver');
-import { nodeSupportsEsmHooks, ts } from './helpers';
+import { BIN_PATH_JS, nodeSupportsEsmHooks, ts } from './helpers';
 import { lstatSync, mkdtempSync } from 'fs';
 import { npath } from '@yarnpkg/fslib';
 import type _createRequire from 'create-require';
@@ -1071,6 +1071,30 @@ test('Falls back to transpileOnly when ts compiler returns emitSkipped', async (
   expect(stdout).toBe('foo\n');
 });
 
+test.suite('node environment', (test) => {
+  test('Sets argv and execArgv correctly in forked processes', async (t) => {
+    const { err, stderr, stdout } = await exec(
+      `node --no-warnings ${BIN_PATH} --skipIgnore ./recursive-fork/index.ts argv2`
+    );
+    expect(err).toBeNull();
+    expect(stderr).toBe('');
+    const generations = stdout.split('\n');
+    const expectation = {
+      execArgv: ['--no-warnings', BIN_PATH_JS, '--skipIgnore'],
+      argv: [
+        // Note: argv[0] is BIN_PATH in parent, BIN_PATH_JS in child & grandchild
+        BIN_PATH,
+        resolve(TEST_DIR, 'recursive-fork/index.ts'),
+        'argv2',
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(JSON.parse(generations[0])).toMatchObject(expectation);
+    expectation.argv[0] = BIN_PATH_JS;
+    expect(JSON.parse(generations[1])).toMatchObject(expectation);
+    expect(JSON.parse(generations[2])).toMatchObject(expectation);
+  });
+});
+
 test('Detect when typescript adds new ModuleKind values; flag as a failure so we can update our code flagged [MUST_UPDATE_FOR_NEW_MODULEKIND]', async () => {
   // We have marked a few places in our code with MUST_UPDATE_FOR_NEW_MODULEKIND to make it easier to update them when TS adds new ModuleKinds
   const foundKeys: string[] = [];
diff --git a/tests/recursive-fork/index.ts b/tests/recursive-fork/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed68a2080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recursive-fork/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { fork } from 'child_process';
+
+console.log(JSON.stringify({ execArgv: process.execArgv, argv: process.argv }));
+if (process.env.generation !== 'grandchild') {
+  const nextGeneration =
+    process.env.generation === 'child' ? 'grandchild' : 'child';
+  fork(__filename, process.argv.slice(2), {
+    env: { ...process.env, generation: nextGeneration },
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tests/recursive-fork/package.json b/tests/recursive-fork/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0967ef424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recursive-fork/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/tests/recursive-fork/tsconfig.json b/tests/recursive-fork/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e881cf9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recursive-fork/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "moduleResolution": "node"
+  }
+}