diff --git a/setupbase.py b/setupbase.py
index 50f0489a2..4ff60d041 100644
--- a/setupbase.py
+++ b/setupbase.py
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ def mtime(path):
 def run(cmd, *args, **kwargs):
     """Echo a command before running it"""
     log.info(" ".join(cmd))
+    kwargs.setdefault('shell', True)
     return check_call(cmd, *args, **kwargs)