diff --git a/benchmark/process_loop.js b/benchmark/process_loop.js
index e338ad3806..6f4d07ea94 100644
--- a/benchmark/process_loop.js
+++ b/benchmark/process_loop.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ node.mixin(require("/utils.js"));
 function next (i) {
   if (i <= 0) return;
 
-  var child = node.createChildProcess("echo hello");
+  var child = node.createChildProcess("echo", ["hello"]);
 
   child.addListener("output", function (chunk) {
     if (chunk) print(chunk);
diff --git a/benchmark/run.js b/benchmark/run.js
index 869ae55a63..6379a16fe2 100644
--- a/benchmark/run.js
+++ b/benchmark/run.js
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ var benchmarks = [ "static_http_server.js"
 var benchmark_dir = node.path.dirname(__filename);
 
 function exec (script, callback) {
-  var command = ARGV[0] + " " + node.path.join(benchmark_dir, script);
   var start = new Date();
-  var child = node.createChildProcess(command);
+  var child = node.createChildProcess(ARGV[0], [node.path.join(benchmark_dir, script)]);
   child.addListener("exit", function (code) {
     var elapsed = new Date() - start;
     callback(elapsed, code);