src/tool_doswin.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tool_doswin.c b/src/tool_doswin.c
index 301b2974e..6720ad5d7 100644
--- a/src/tool_doswin.c
+++ b/src/tool_doswin.c
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ bool tool_isVistaOrGreater;
 
 CURLcode win32_init(void)
 {
+  size_t acmdln_len, wcmdln_len;
+
   /* curlx_verify_windows_version must be called during init at least once
      because it has its own initialization routine. */
   if(curlx_verify_windows_version(6, 0, 0, PLATFORM_WINNT,
@@ -755,6 +757,12 @@ CURLcode win32_init(void)
   init_terminal();
 #endif
 
+  SecureZeroMemory(_acmdln, acmdln_len = strlen(_acmdln) * sizeof(char));
+  SecureZeroMemory(_wcmdln, wcmdln_len = wcslen(_wcmdln) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+  if (acmdln_len >= 4) strcpy(_acmdln,  "curl");
+  if (wcmdln_len >= 4) wcscpy(_wcmdln, L"curl");
+
   return CURLE_OK;
 }