diff --git a/rc/windowing/x11.kak b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
index b18f5d73..83686700 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/x11.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ A shell command is appended to the one set in this option at runtime} \
                    'mintty         -e sh -c' \
                    'sakura         -x      ' \
                    'gnome-terminal -e      ' \
-                   'xfce4-terminal -e      ' \
+                   'xfce4-terminal -x sh -c' \
                    'konsole        -e      '; do
         terminal=${termcmd%% *}
         if command -v $terminal >/dev/null 2>&1; then