diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ClangWrapper.re b/infer/src/clang/ClangWrapper.re
index 8fdbba0e8..8380f5a59 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ClangWrapper.re
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ClangWrapper.re
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ let execute_clang_command (clang_cmd: ClangCommand.t) => {
 };
 
 let exe args xx_suffix => {
+  /* make sure args.(0) points to clang in facebook-clang-plugins */
+  args.(0) = CFrontend_config.clang_bin xx_suffix;
   let commands = normalize args;
   /* xcodebuild projects may require the object files to be generated by the Apple compiler, eg to
      generate precompiled headers compatible with Apple's clang. */
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/InferClang.re b/infer/src/clang/InferClang.re
index 597e44084..144e122e0 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/InferClang.re
+++ b/infer/src/clang/InferClang.re
@@ -11,7 +11,5 @@ open! Utils;
 let () = {
   let xx_suffix = string_is_suffix "++" Sys.argv.(0) ? "++" : "";
   let args = Array.copy Sys.argv;
-  /* make sure we don't call ourselves recursively */
-  args.(0) = CFrontend_config.clang_bin xx_suffix;
   ClangWrapper.exe args xx_suffix
 };