diff --git a/glob/manager_server.py b/glob/manager_server.py
index 2e462c09..99e52a5f 100644
--- a/glob/manager_server.py
+++ b/glob/manager_server.py
@@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@ def restart(self):
 
     if sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
         cmds = ['"' + sys.executable + '"', '"' + sys_argv[0] + '"'] + sys_argv[1:]
+    elif sys_argv[0].endswith("__main__.py"):  # this is a python module
+        module_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(sys_argv[0]))
+        cmds = [sys.executable, '-m', module_name] + sys_argv[1:]
     else:
         cmds = [sys.executable] + sys_argv