diff --git a/lib/ProcessContainer.js b/lib/ProcessContainer.js
index 158391d32..616a7ac21 100644
--- a/lib/ProcessContainer.js
+++ b/lib/ProcessContainer.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var p       = require('path');
 var cst     = require('../constants');
 var Utility = require('./Utility.js');
 var ProcessUtils = require('./ProcessUtils');
+var Url = require('url');
 
 // Load all env-vars from master.
 var pm2_env = JSON.parse(process.env.pm2_env);
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ function exec(script, stds) {
     process.chdir(pm2_env.pm_cwd || process.env.PWD || p.dirname(script));
 
     if (ProcessUtils.isESModule(script) === true)
-      import(process.env.pm_exec_path);
+      import(Url.pathToFileURL(process.env.pm_exec_path));
     else
       require('module')._load(script, null, true);