diff --git a/src/ducktools/pythonfinder/shared.py b/src/ducktools/pythonfinder/shared.py
index 3048329..9aebbc2 100644
--- a/src/ducktools/pythonfinder/shared.py
+++ b/src/ducktools/pythonfinder/shared.py
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ def query_install(
         if metadata:
             output["metadata"].update(metadata)
 
+        if exe_path != output["executable"]:
+            output["metadata"]["sys_executable"] = output["executable"]
+            output["executable"] = exe_path
+
         install = PythonInstall.from_json(**output, managed_by=managed_by)
 
         return install
diff --git a/tests/test_cache.py b/tests/test_cache.py
index 5e5bb1e..b7492b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # ducktools-pythonfinder
 # MIT License
-# 
+#
 # Copyright (c) 2025 David C Ellis
-# 
+#
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-# 
+#
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 # copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-# 
+#
 # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
+import re
+import sys
 import os.path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -28,15 +30,16 @@
 
 from ducktools.pythonfinder.shared import DetailFinder, PythonInstall
 
-fake_python_path = "/path/to/python"
-example_json = """
-{
-    "version": [3, 13, 2, "final", 0], 
-    "executable": "/path/to/python", 
-    "architecture": "64bit", 
-    "implementation": "cpython", 
-    "metadata": {"freethreaded": false}
-}
+fake_python_path = "/path/to/python" if sys.platform != "win32" else r"X:\path\to\python"
+json_python_path = re.escape(fake_python_path)
+example_json = f"""
+{{
+    "version": [3, 13, 2, "final", 0],
+    "executable": "{json_python_path}",
+    "architecture": "64bit",
+    "implementation": "cpython",
+    "metadata": {{"freethreaded": false}}
+}}
 """.strip()
 
 example_install = PythonInstall(
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ def test_clear_invalid_runtimes(run_mock, stat_mock, temp_finder):
         with temp_finder, patch("os.path.exists") as exists_patch:
             exists_patch.return_value = True
             temp_finder.clear_invalid_runtimes()
-        
+
         save_mock.assert_not_called()
         assert os.path.abspath(fake_python_path) in temp_finder.raw_cache
 
@@ -224,4 +227,4 @@ def test_changed_stat_invalidates(run_mock, temp_finder):
                 details = temp_finder.get_install_details(fake_python_path)
 
             assert temp_finder.raw_cache[fake_abspath]["mtime"] == 1739886572
-            querymock.assert_called()
\ No newline at end of file
+            querymock.assert_called()
diff --git a/tests/test_pyenv.py b/tests/test_pyenv.py
index 5dfc436..4b41a16 100644
--- a/tests/test_pyenv.py
+++ b/tests/test_pyenv.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def test_pypy_version(fs, temp_finder):
 
     ver_folder = "pypy3.10-7.3.15"
     tmpdir = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyenv/versions")
+    homedir = os.path.expanduser("~")
 
     mock_output = textwrap.dedent(
         """
@@ -282,10 +283,13 @@ def test_pypy_version(fs, temp_finder):
 
         out_version = PythonInstall(
             version=(3, 10, 13, "final", 0),
-            executable="~/.pyenv/versions/pypy3.10-7.3.15/bin/pypy",
+            executable=f"{homedir}/.pyenv/versions/pypy3.10-7.3.15/bin/python",
             architecture="64bit",
             implementation="pypy",
-            metadata={"pypy_version": (7, 3, 15, "final", 0)},
+            metadata={
+                "pypy_version": (7, 3, 15, "final", 0),
+                "sys_executable": "~/.pyenv/versions/pypy3.10-7.3.15/bin/pypy"
+            },
             managed_by="pyenv",
         )