diff --git a/lib/monitor/run.js b/lib/monitor/run.js
index c5f19b01..0edd372c 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/run.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/run.js
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ function kill(child, signal, callback) {
     // We are using the standalone 'windows-kill' executable to send the
     // standard POSIX signal 'SIGINT' to the node process. This fixes #1720.
     const windowsKill = path.normalize(
-      `${process.cwd()}/node_modules/nodemon/bin/windows-kill.exe`
+      `${__dirname}/../../bin/windows-kill.exe`
     );
 
     // We have to detach the 'windows-kill' execution completely from this