diff --git a/test/run-benchmarks.c b/test/run-benchmarks.c
index c49de8c4..e0dd71c4 100644
--- a/test/run-benchmarks.c
+++ b/test/run-benchmarks.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   task_entry_t *task;
 
-  platform_init();
+  platform_init(argc, argv);
 
   if (argc > 1) {
     /* A specific process was requested. */
diff --git a/test/run-tests.c b/test/run-tests.c
index d1f89971..aabb5707 100644
--- a/test/run-tests.c
+++ b/test/run-tests.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   int total, passed, failed;
   task_entry_t* task;
 
-  platform_init();
+  platform_init(argc, argv);
 
   if (argc > 1) {
     /* A specific process was requested. */
diff --git a/test/runner-unix.c b/test/runner-unix.c
index 075637eb..82aaffb3 100644
--- a/test/runner-unix.c
+++ b/test/runner-unix.c
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ static void get_executable_path() {
   uint32_t bufsize = sizeof(executable_path);
   _NSGetExecutablePath(executable_path, &bufsize);
 }
-#else
-/* Linux-only */
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
 static void get_executable_path() {
   if (!executable_path[0]) {
     readlink("/proc/self/exe", executable_path, PATHMAX - 1);
@@ -59,10 +60,15 @@ static void get_executable_path() {
 
 
 /* Do platform-specific initialization. */
-void platform_init() {
+void platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
   /* Disable stdio output buffering. */
   setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
   setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+#ifdef get_executable_path
+  get_executable_path();
+#else
+  strcpy(executable_path, argv[0]);
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -78,8 +84,6 @@ int process_start(char* name, process_info_t* p) {
   p->terminated = 0;
   p->status = 0;
 
-  get_executable_path();
-
   pid_t pid = vfork();
 
   if (pid < 0) {
diff --git a/test/runner-win.c b/test/runner-win.c
index f706ee86..ab111bc9 100644
--- a/test/runner-win.c
+++ b/test/runner-win.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 
 /* Do platform-specific initialization. */
-void platform_init() {
+void platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
   /* Disable the "application crashed" popup. */
   SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX |
       SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);