1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
index d087f4f87..e51ecb464 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ class Executor(object):
         """
         if isinstance(command, str):
             cmdstr = command
-            command = shlex.split(cmdstr)
+
+            if not shell:
+                command = shlex.split(cmdstr)
         else:
             cmdstr = " ".join(command)
         self.logger.debug("Running: %s" % cmdstr)