diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_overlay.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_overlay.rs
index ce0e3c9c..e8ecc084 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_overlay.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/approval_overlay.rs
@@ -485,11 +485,10 @@ mod tests {
             })
             .collect();
         let expected = vec![
-            "✔ You approved codex to".to_string(),
-            "  run /bin/zsh -lc 'git add".to_string(),
-            "  tui/src/render/mod.rs tui/".to_string(),
-            "  src/render/renderable.rs'".to_string(),
-            "  this time".to_string(),
+            "✔ You approved codex to run".to_string(),
+            "  git add tui/src/render/".to_string(),
+            "  mod.rs tui/src/render/".to_string(),
+            "  renderable.rs this time".to_string(),
         ];
         assert_eq!(rendered, expected);
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/exec_command.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/exec_command.rs
index 5c9a0d03..70ec4e84 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/exec_command.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/exec_command.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,17 @@ pub(crate) fn escape_command(command: &[String]) -> String {
     try_join(command.iter().map(String::as_str)).unwrap_or_else(|_| command.join(" "))
 }
 
+fn is_login_shell_with_lc(shell: &str) -> bool {
+    let shell_name = std::path::Path::new(shell)
+        .file_name()
+        .and_then(|s| s.to_str())
+        .unwrap_or(shell);
+    matches!(shell_name, "bash" | "zsh")
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn strip_bash_lc_and_escape(command: &[String]) -> String {
     match command {
-        [first, second, third] if first == "bash" && second == "-lc" => third.clone(),
+        [first, second, third] if is_login_shell_with_lc(first) && second == "-lc" => third.clone(),
         _ => escape_command(command),
     }
 }
@@ -46,8 +54,24 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_strip_bash_lc_and_escape() {
+        // Test bash
         let args = vec!["bash".into(), "-lc".into(), "echo hello".into()];
         let cmdline = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&args);
         assert_eq!(cmdline, "echo hello");
+
+        // Test zsh
+        let args = vec!["zsh".into(), "-lc".into(), "echo hello".into()];
+        let cmdline = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&args);
+        assert_eq!(cmdline, "echo hello");
+
+        // Test absolute path to zsh
+        let args = vec!["/usr/bin/zsh".into(), "-lc".into(), "echo hello".into()];
+        let cmdline = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&args);
+        assert_eq!(cmdline, "echo hello");
+
+        // Test absolute path to bash
+        let args = vec!["/bin/bash".into(), "-lc".into(), "echo hello".into()];
+        let cmdline = strip_bash_lc_and_escape(&args);
+        assert_eq!(cmdline, "echo hello");
     }
 }