diff --git a/src/cli.test.ts b/src/cli.test.ts
index 613b419..187fc7e 100644
--- a/src/cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const parseJsonOutput = (value: string) => JSON.parse(value) as Record<string, u
 type CliRunOptions = {
   readonly configContents?: string;
   readonly env?: Record<string, string>;
+  readonly isSingleExecutable?: boolean;
 };
 
 const runProcessArgv = async (
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const runProcessArgv = async (
                 makeCliRuntime({
                   argv: processArgv,
                   homeDirectory: configDir,
+                  isSingleExecutable: options.isSingleExecutable,
                   writeStdout: (message) => {
                     stdoutChunks.push(message.trim());
                   },
@@ -159,6 +161,16 @@ describe("cli argv parsing", () => {
     expect(stdout).toBe(`putio v${packageJson.version}`);
   });
 
+  it("accepts SEA argv regardless of the executable name", async () => {
+    const { result, stdout } = await runProcessArgv(
+      ["/opt/putio/bin/putio-darwin-arm64", "./putio-darwin-arm64", "version", "--output", "json"],
+      { isSingleExecutable: true },
+    );
+
+    expect(result._tag).toBe("Success");
+    expect(parseJsonOutput(stdout)).toMatchObject({ version: packageJson.version });
+  });
+
   it("renders describe as machine-readable json", async () => {
     const { result, stdout } = await runCli(["putio", "describe"]);
 
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 8d4b808..8dc72a4 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -127,14 +127,15 @@ const stripLeadingPutioExecutables = (args: ReadonlyArray<string>) => {
   return args.slice(start);
 };
 
-const commandArgsFromArgv = (args: ReadonlyArray<string>) => {
+const commandArgsFromArgv = (args: ReadonlyArray<string>, isSingleExecutable: boolean) => {
   const [first] = args;
 
   if (first === undefined) {
     return args;
   }
 
-  if (isNodeExecutable(first)) {
+  // A single executable application puts its own path in argv[0] and the invoked name in argv[1].
+  if (isSingleExecutable || isNodeExecutable(first)) {
     return stripLeadingPutioExecutables(args.slice(2));
   }
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ export const runCli: (
   });
   const runtime = yield* CliRuntime;
   const outputMode = detectOutputModeFromArgv(args, runtime.isInteractiveTerminal);
-  const commandArgs = commandArgsFromArgv(args);
+  const commandArgs = commandArgsFromArgv(args, runtime.isSingleExecutable);
 
   yield* Effect.annotateCurrentSpan({
     "cli.command": commandArgs[0] ?? "root",
diff --git a/src/internal/auth-flow.test.ts b/src/internal/auth-flow.test.ts
index 5710cfd..df3c08e 100644
--- a/src/internal/auth-flow.test.ts
+++ b/src/internal/auth-flow.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const mockRuntime: CliRuntimeService = {
   getHomeDirectory: Effect.succeed("/tmp"),
   getHostname: Effect.succeed("putio-host"),
   isInteractiveTerminal: false,
+  isSingleExecutable: false,
   joinPath: (...segments) => segments.join("/"),
   openExternal: (_url) => Effect.succeed(true),
   setExitCode: (_code) => Effect.void,
diff --git a/src/internal/runtime.ts b/src/internal/runtime.ts
index 47e2c1e..2aad51d 100644
--- a/src/internal/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/internal/runtime.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { homedir, hostname } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { isSea } from "node:sea";
 
 import { Context, Effect, Layer } from "effect";
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ type CliSpinner = {
 export type CliRuntimeService = {
   readonly argv: ReadonlyArray<string>;
   readonly isInteractiveTerminal: boolean;
+  readonly isSingleExecutable: boolean;
   readonly setExitCode: (code: number) => Effect.Effect<void>;
   readonly writeStdout: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<void>;
   readonly writeStderr: (message: string) => Effect.Effect<void>;
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ export const makeCliRuntime = (
   options: {
     readonly argv?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
     readonly isInteractiveTerminal?: boolean;
+    readonly isSingleExecutable?: boolean;
     readonly platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
     readonly homeDirectory?: string;
     readonly hostName?: string;
@@ -134,11 +137,13 @@ export const makeCliRuntime = (
   const hostName = options.hostName ?? hostname();
   const isInteractiveTerminal =
     options.isInteractiveTerminal ?? Boolean(process.stdout.isTTY && process.stdin.isTTY);
+  const isSingleExecutable = options.isSingleExecutable ?? isSea();
   const spinnerFrames = ["⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏"] as const;
 
   return {
     argv,
     isInteractiveTerminal,
+    isSingleExecutable,
     setExitCode: (code) =>
       Effect.sync(() => {
         process.exitCode = code;