diff --git a/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chgrp b/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chgrp
index 30cc417d3ac..f8ae84b8b3f 100755
--- a/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chgrp
+++ b/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chgrp
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ real_chgrp = shutil.which('chgrp', path=path)
 args = list()
 
 found = False
-for i in sys.argv:
+
+args.append(real_chgrp)
+
+for i in sys.argv[1:]:
     if i.startswith("-"):
         args.append(i)
         continue
diff --git a/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chown b/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chown
index 3914b3e3841..0805ceb70a8 100755
--- a/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chown
+++ b/scripts/nativesdk-intercept/chown
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ real_chown = shutil.which('chown', path=path)
 args = list()
 
 found = False
-for i in sys.argv:
+
+args.append(real_chown)
+
+for i in sys.argv[1:]:
     if i.startswith("-"):
         args.append(i)
         continue