diff --git a/pkg/sca/sca.go b/pkg/sca/sca.go
index 959fae76d..19e72b1e5 100644
--- a/pkg/sca/sca.go
+++ b/pkg/sca/sca.go
@@ -594,8 +594,11 @@ func getShbang(fp fs.File) (string, error) {
 	if bin == "/usr/bin/env" {
 		if len(toks) == 1 {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("a shbang of only '/usr/bin/env'")
+		} else if len(toks) == 2 {
+			bin = toks[1]
+		} else {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("a shbang of only '/usr/bin/env' with multiple arguments")
 		}
-		bin = toks[1]
 	}
 
 	if isIgnored := ignores[filepath.Base(bin)]; isIgnored {
diff --git a/pkg/sca/testdata/shbang-test.yaml b/pkg/sca/testdata/shbang-test.yaml
index 28a8ebd71..61cba6bb9 100644
--- a/pkg/sca/testdata/shbang-test.yaml
+++ b/pkg/sca/testdata/shbang-test.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ pipeline:
       print("hello world")
       EOF
 
+      wbin "python-via-env" <<"EOF"
+      #!/usr/bin/env -S python3 foo
+      print("hello world")
+      EOF
+
       wbin "python-straight" <<"EOF"
       #!/usr/bin/python3.12
       print("hello world")