diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_prepend_sudo.fish b/share/functions/__fish_prepend_sudo.fish
index aaca6c37a..b681d1ca0 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_prepend_sudo.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_prepend_sudo.fish
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 function __fish_prepend_sudo -d "Prepend 'sudo ' to the beginning of the current commandline"
     set -l cmd (commandline -poc)
     if test "$cmd[1]" != "sudo"
+        set -l cursor (commandline -C)
         commandline -C 0
         commandline -i "sudo "
-        commandline -f end-of-line
+        commandline -C (math $cursor + 5)
     end
 end