diff --git a/build-conventions-secant/src/main/kotlin/secant.rosetta-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-conventions-secant/src/main/kotlin/secant.rosetta-conventions.gradle.kts
index 0a942513..264e79f9 100644
--- a/build-conventions-secant/src/main/kotlin/secant.rosetta-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-conventions-secant/src/main/kotlin/secant.rosetta-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fun isRosetta(): Boolean {
         // Counterintuitive, but running under Rosetta is reported as Intel64 to the JVM
         if (!System.getProperty("os.arch").lowercase(java.util.Locale.ROOT).contains("aarch64")) {
             val outputValue = Runtime.getRuntime()
-                .exec(arrayOf("sysctl -in sysctl.proc_translated"))
+                .exec(arrayOf("sysctl", "-in", "sysctl.proc_translated"))
                 .scanOutputLine()
                 .toIntOrNull()