Index: src/rebar_escripter.erl
--- src/rebar_escripter.erl.orig
+++ src/rebar_escripter.erl
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ escriptize(Config0, AppFile) ->
             %% Archive was successfully created. Prefix that binary with our
             %% header and write to our escript file
             Shebang = rebar_config:get(Config, escript_shebang,
-                                       "#!/usr/bin/env escript\n"),
+                                       "#!/usr/bin/env escript${ERL_VERSION}\n"),
             Comment = rebar_config:get(Config, escript_comment, "%%\n"),
-            DefaultEmuArgs = ?FMT("%%! -pa ~s/~s/ebin\n",
+            DefaultEmuArgs = ?FMT("%%! -escript main rebar -pa ~s/~s/ebin\n",
                                   [AppNameStr, AppNameStr]),
             EmuArgs = rebar_config:get(Config, escript_emu_args,
                                        DefaultEmuArgs),
