diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
index 411adcc45c..a9097b0d35 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/Ecore.h
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ extern "C" {
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_READ_LINE_BUFFERED = 8, /**< Reads are buffered until a newline and delivered 1 event per line */
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_ERROR_LINE_BUFFERED = 16, /**< Errors are buffered until a newline and delivered 1 event per line */
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_AUTO = 32, /**< stdout and stderr are buffered automatically */
-   ECORE_EXE_RESPAWN = 64 /**< FIXME: Exe is restarted if it dies */
+   ECORE_EXE_RESPAWN = 64, /**< FIXME: Exe is restarted if it dies */
+   ECORE_EXE_USE_SH = 128 /**< Use /bin/sh to run the command. */
      };
    typedef enum _Ecore_Exe_Flags Ecore_Exe_Flags;
    
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
index 7a5979dbb9..5e80d16525 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ struct _ecore_exe_dead_exe
    char               *cmd;
 };
 
-static inline void  _ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd);
+static inline void  _ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd, Ecore_Exe_Flags flags);
 
 static int          _ecore_exe_data_generic_handler(void *data,
 						    Ecore_Fd_Handler *
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ ecore_exe_run(const char *exe_cmd, const void *data)
 	exes = _ecore_list2_append(exes, exe);
 	return exe;
      }
-   _ecore_exe_exec_it(exe_cmd);
+   _ecore_exe_exec_it(exe_cmd, 0);
    exit(127);
    return NULL;
 #else
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ ecore_exe_pipe_run(const char *exe_cmd, Ecore_Exe_Flags flags, const void *data)
 		  E_IF_NO_ERRNO(result, fcntl(statusPipe[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC), ok)	/* close on exec shows sucess */
 		  {
 		     /* Run the actual command. */
-		     _ecore_exe_exec_it(exe_cmd);	/* Should not return from this. */
+		     _ecore_exe_exec_it(exe_cmd, flags);	/* Should not return from this. */
 		  }
 	       }
 
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ _ecore_exe_find(pid_t pid)
 }
 
 static inline void
-_ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd)
+_ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd, Ecore_Exe_Flags flags)
 {
    char                use_sh = 1;
    char               *buf = NULL;
@@ -1213,7 +1213,12 @@ _ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd)
      }
 
    setsid();
-   if (use_sh)
+   if ((flags & ECORE_EXE_USE_SH))
+   {
+	errno = 0;
+	execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", exe_cmd, (char *)NULL);
+   }
+   else if (use_sh)
      {				/* We have to use a shell to run this. */
 	if (shell == NULL)
 	  {			/* Find users preferred shell. */
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
index 135ceca218..7f84ca2570 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ enum _Ecore_Exe_Flags
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_READ_LINE_BUFFERED = 8,
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_ERROR_LINE_BUFFERED = 16,
    ECORE_EXE_PIPE_AUTO = 32,
-   ECORE_EXE_RESPAWN = 64
+   ECORE_EXE_RESPAWN = 64,
+   ECORE_EXE_USE_SH = 128
    /* FIXME: Getting respawn to work
     *
     * There is no way that we can do anything about the internal state info of