- Issue #1039, #8154: Fix os.execlp() crash with missing 2nd argument.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 3dd7f90..4e21dd8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@
         except NotImplementedError:
             pass
 
+    def test_execvpe_with_bad_arglist(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, os.execvpe, 'notepad', [], None)
+
 class Win32ErrorTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_rename(self):
         self.assertRaises(WindowsError, os.rename, test_support.TESTFN, test_support.TESTFN+".bak")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 95ff349..4221ee2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1039, #8154: Fix os.execlp() crash with missing 2nd argument.
+
 - Issue #6949: Allow the _bsddb extension to be built with db-4.8.x.
 
 - Issue #8142: Update libffi to the 3.0.9 release.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index f729e88..8fb7aaa 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2952,6 +2952,11 @@
                 PyMem_Free(path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	if (argc < 1) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "execv() arg 2 must not be empty");
+                PyMem_Free(path);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	argvlist = PyMem_NEW(char *, argc+1);
 	if (argvlist == NULL) {