diff --git a/share/functions/setenv.fish b/share/functions/setenv.fish
index e81869948..8fd652462 100644
--- a/share/functions/setenv.fish
+++ b/share/functions/setenv.fish
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 function setenv -d (N_ 'Set global variable. Alias for set -g, made for csh compatibility')
-	set -g $argv
+	set -gx $argv
 end