diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
index 5f6a4ea5c..18c09e9a6 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,30 @@ export function resolveCliEntrypoint(): NodeEntrypointSpec {
   };
 }
 
+function resolveNodeExecPath(): string {
+  if (app.isPackaged && process.platform === "darwin") {
+    const marker = ".app/Contents/MacOS/";
+    const markerIndex = process.execPath.indexOf(marker);
+    if (markerIndex !== -1) {
+      const bundleRoot = process.execPath.substring(0, markerIndex + ".app".length);
+      const name = path.basename(process.execPath);
+      const helperPath = path.join(
+        bundleRoot,
+        "Contents",
+        "Frameworks",
+        `${name} Helper.app`,
+        "Contents",
+        "MacOS",
+        `${name} Helper`,
+      );
+      if (existsSync(helperPath)) {
+        return helperPath;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return process.execPath;
+}
+
 export function createNodeEntrypointInvocation(input: {
   entrypoint: NodeEntrypointSpec;
   argvMode: NodeEntrypointArgvMode;
@@ -175,7 +199,7 @@ export function createNodeEntrypointInvocation(input: {
   baseEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }): NodeEntrypointInvocation {
   return createSharedNodeEntrypointInvocation({
-    execPath: process.execPath,
+    execPath: resolveNodeExecPath(),
     isPackaged: app.isPackaged,
     packagedRunnerPath: app.isPackaged
       ? assertPathExists({