diff --git a/src/init/starship.bash b/src/init/starship.bash
index 2d1eb84c..09dbb7b1 100644
--- a/src/init/starship.bash
+++ b/src/init/starship.bash
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ starship_precmd() {
 
 # If the user appears to be using https://github.com/rcaloras/bash-preexec,
 # then hook our functions into their framework.
-if [[ $preexec_functions ]]; then
-    preexec_functions+=('starship_preexec "$_"')
+if [[ "${__bp_imported:-}" == "defined" || $preexec_functions || $precmd_functions ]]; then
+    # bash-preexec needs a single function--wrap the args into a closure and pass
+    starship_preexec_all(){ starship_preexec "$_"; }
+    preexec_functions+=(starship_preexec_all)
     precmd_functions+=(starship_precmd)
 else
     # We want to avoid destroying an existing DEBUG hook. If we detect one, create