diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/service.rb b/Library/Homebrew/service.rb
index a386bed35e..a7dd6625c2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/service.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/service.rb
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
     sig { returns(T.nilable(T::Array[String])) }
     def command
-      @run&.map(&:to_s)
+      @run&.map(&:to_s)&.map { |arg| arg.start_with?("~") ? File.expand_path(arg) : arg }
     end
 
     sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/service_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/service_spec.rb
index d36c42b9cb..324a373086 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/service_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/service_spec.rb
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ describe Homebrew::Service do
     it "expands paths" do
       f = stub_formula do
         service do
-          run opt_bin/"beanstalkd"
+          run [opt_sbin/"sleepwatcher", "-V", "-s", "~/.sleep", "-w", "~/.wakeup"]
           working_dir "~"
         end
       end
@@ -614,7 +614,12 @@ describe Homebrew::Service do
         \t</array>
         \t<key>ProgramArguments</key>
         \t<array>
-        \t\t<string>#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/formula_name/bin/beanstalkd</string>
+        \t\t<string>#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/formula_name/sbin/sleepwatcher</string>
+        \t\t<string>-V</string>
+        \t\t<string>-s</string>
+        \t\t<string>#{Dir.home}/.sleep</string>
+        \t\t<string>-w</string>
+        \t\t<string>#{Dir.home}/.wakeup</string>
         \t</array>
         \t<key>RunAtLoad</key>
         \t<true/>