diff --git a/openbox/actions/execute.c b/openbox/actions/execute.c
index 7e58fe7c..caf1347b 100644
--- a/openbox/actions/execute.c
+++ b/openbox/actions/execute.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ static gpointer setup_func(ObParseInst *i, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr node)
 
     o = g_new0(Options, 1);
 
-    if ((n = parse_find_node("command", node))) {
+    if ((n = parse_find_node("command", node)) ||
+        (n = parse_find_node("execute", node)))
+    {
         gchar *s = parse_string(doc, n);
         o->cmd = parse_expand_tilde(s);
         g_free(s);