diff --git a/lib/config/exec.js b/lib/config/exec.js
index 65ec7bdb..951ac7a1 100644
--- a/lib/config/exec.js
+++ b/lib/config/exec.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function execFromPackage() {
 }
 
 function replace(map, str) {
-  var re = new RegExp('{{(' + Object.keys(map).join('|') + ')}}');
+  var re = new RegExp('{{(' + Object.keys(map).join('|') + ')}}', 'g');
   return str.replace(re, function (all, m) {
     return map[m] || all || '';
   });
diff --git a/test/cli/parse.test.js b/test/cli/parse.test.js
index 636feb5f..77cc83de 100644
--- a/test/cli/parse.test.js
+++ b/test/cli/parse.test.js
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ describe('nodemon CLI parser', function () {
     assert(cmd === 'node test/fixtures/app.js.tmp --somethingElse', cmd);
   });
 
+  it('should replace {{filename}} multiple times', function () {
+    var settings = parse(asCLI('test/fixtures/app.js --exec "node {{filename}}.tmp {{filename}}.tmp" --somethingElse'));
+    var cmd = commandToString(command(settings));
+    assert(cmd === 'node test/fixtures/app.js.tmp test/fixtures/app.js.tmp --somethingElse', cmd);
+  });
+
   it('should parse the help examples #1', function () {
     var settings = parse(asCLI('test/fixtures/app.js')),
       cmd = commandToString(command(settings));