diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index ddff16fd5b4c1fd4858c2e44260f53987f70734e..4d5598621b865bc14f22ae33fb45e4bd7ff17579 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -10017,7 +10017,7 @@ async fn load_shell_environment(dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
         });
 
     let command = format!(
-        "cd '{}';{} echo {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
+        "cd '{}';{} printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
         dir.display(),
         additional_command.unwrap_or("")
     );
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index dac37ba7f0ae50ad007d71213e6ec4e1aad768f3..c3a3367c0825615f3075ace0ae21d724c5d6ecc4 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ async fn load_login_shell_environment() -> Result<()> {
     // We still don't know why `$SHELL -l -i -c '/usr/bin/env -0'`  would
     // do that, but it does, and `exit 0` helps.
     let shell_cmd = format!(
-        "{}echo {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
+        "{}printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
         shell_cmd_prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or("")
     );