diff --git a/lib/inspec/resources/processes.rb b/lib/inspec/resources/processes.rb
index 4179eb795..2292763b0 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/resources/processes.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/resources/processes.rb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ module Inspec::Resources
           command: 8,
         }
       else
-        command = "ps axo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command"
+        command = "ps wwaxo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command"
         regex = /^(.+?)\s+(\d+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+(\w{3} \d{2}|\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})\s+([^ ]+)\s+([^ ]+)\s+(.*)$/
         field_map = {
           label: 1,
diff --git a/test/helpers/mock_loader.rb b/test/helpers/mock_loader.rb
index e3c7bfb55..7e1f9ff42 100644
--- a/test/helpers/mock_loader.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/mock_loader.rb
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class MockLoader
       'find /sys/class/net/eth1/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec sh -c \'echo "[$(basename {})]"; cat {} || echo -n\' \;' => empty.call,
       "Get-Package -Name 'Not available' | ConvertTo-Json" => empty.call,
       "ps axo pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user,command" => cmd.call("ps-axo"),
-      "ps axo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command" => cmd.call("ps-axoZ"),
+      "ps wwaxo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command" => cmd.call("ps-axoZ"),
       "ps -o pid,vsz,rss,tty,stat,time,ruser,args" => cmd.call("ps-busybox"),
       "env" => cmd.call("env"),
       "${Env:PATH}" => cmd.call("$env-PATH"),
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
index 42e34a18d..a00a60483 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
@@ -228,6 +228,6 @@ describe "Inspec::Resources::Processes" do
   it "returns the correct command for non-busybox linux" do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:centos7).load_resource("processes")
     resource.expects(:busybox_ps?).returns(false)
-    _(resource.send(:ps_configuration_for_linux)[0]).must_equal "ps axo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command"
+    _(resource.send(:ps_configuration_for_linux)[0]).must_equal "ps wwaxo label,pid,pcpu,pmem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,user:32,command"
   end
 end