diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 379b9bd223..0442ed9942 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-09-06  Stefan Liebler  <stli@linux.ibm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c (maybe_script_execute):
+	Increment size of new_argv by one.
+
 2018-09-05  Rafal Luzynski  <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com>
 
 	[BZ #17426]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
index cf0213ece5..85239cedbf 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ maybe_script_execute (struct posix_spawn_args *args)
       ptrdiff_t argc = args->argc;
 
       /* Construct an argument list for the shell.  */
-      char *new_argv[argc + 1];
+      char *new_argv[argc + 2];
       new_argv[0] = (char *) _PATH_BSHELL;
       new_argv[1] = (char *) args->file;
       if (argc > 1)