diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index 1a10bb0577..f93c766513 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -11790,7 +11790,7 @@ ses_arglist(
 		    s = buf;
 		}
 	    }
-	    if (fputs("argadd ", fd) < 0
+	    if (fputs("$argadd ", fd) < 0
 		    || ses_put_fname(fd, s, flagp) == FAIL
 		    || put_eol(fd) == FAIL)
 	    {
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_mksession.vim b/src/testdir/test_mksession.vim
index a51180cf0b..6ea3255dff 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_mksession.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_mksession.vim
@@ -110,4 +110,16 @@ func Test_mksession_winheight()
   call delete('Xtest_mks.out')
 endfunc
 
+func Test_mksession_arglist()
+  argdel *
+  next file1 file2 file3 file4
+  mksession! Xtest_mks.out
+  source Xtest_mks.out
+  call assert_equal(['file1', 'file2', 'file3', 'file4'], argv())
+
+  call delete('Xtest_mks.out')
+  argdel *
+endfunc
+
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 0a5e3d3298..4a796bfc26 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    294,
 /**/
     293,
 /**/