diff --git a/src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydev_bundle/pydev_monkey.py b/src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydev_bundle/pydev_monkey.py
index 09fcadec..814a7685 100644
--- a/src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydev_bundle/pydev_monkey.py
+++ b/src/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydev_bundle/pydev_monkey.py
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ def is_python(path) -> bool:
         if filename.find(name) != -1:
             return True
 
+    if path == sys.executable:
+        return True
+
     return False