diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-exec b/libexec/pyenv-exec
index 251a4f7c..f3ba1b63 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-exec
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-exec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--complete" ]; then
   exec pyenv-shims --short
 fi
 
-PYENV_VERSION="$(pyenv-version-name)"
+PYENV_VERSION="$(pyenv-version-name -f)"
 PYENV_COMMAND="$1"
 
 if [ -z "$PYENV_COMMAND" ]; then