diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d15a155..6475149 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.orig
 .ropeproject
 *.egg-info
+devlib/bin/scripts/shutils
diff --git a/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..33bb0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!__DEVLIB_SHELL__
+
+CMD=$1
+shift
+
+BUSYBOX=${BUSYBOX:-__DEVLIB_BUSYBOX__}
+GREP=${GREP:-$BUSYBOX grep}
+SED=${SED:-$BUSYBOX sed}
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Main Function Dispatcher
+################################################################################
+
+case $CMD in
+*)
+    echo "Command [$CMD] not supported"
+    exit -1
+esac
+
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
diff --git a/devlib/target.py b/devlib/target.py
index e744110..b0a3737 100644
--- a/devlib/target.py
+++ b/devlib/target.py
@@ -197,6 +197,22 @@
         self.execute('mkdir -p {}'.format(self.working_directory))
         self.execute('mkdir -p {}'.format(self.executables_directory))
         self.busybox = self.install(os.path.join(PACKAGE_BIN_DIRECTORY, self.abi, 'busybox'))
+
+        # Setup shutils script for the target
+        shutils_ifile = os.path.join(PACKAGE_BIN_DIRECTORY, 'scripts', 'shutils.in')
+        shutils_ofile = os.path.join(PACKAGE_BIN_DIRECTORY, 'scripts', 'shutils')
+        shell_path = '/bin/sh'
+        if self.os == 'android':
+            shell_path = '/system/bin/sh'
+        with open(shutils_ifile) as fh:
+            lines = fh.readlines()
+        with open(shutils_ofile, 'w') as ofile:
+            for line in lines:
+                line = line.replace("__DEVLIB_SHELL__", shell_path)
+                line = line.replace("__DEVLIB_BUSYBOX__", self.busybox)
+                ofile.write(line)
+        self.shutils = self.install(os.path.join(PACKAGE_BIN_DIRECTORY, 'scripts', 'shutils'))
+
         for host_exe in (executables or []):  # pylint: disable=superfluous-parens
             self.install(host_exe)
 
@@ -227,6 +243,10 @@
 
     # execution
 
+    def _execute_util(self, command, timeout=None, check_exit_code=True, as_root=False):
+        command = '{} {}'.format(self.shutils, command)
+        return self.conn.execute(command, timeout, check_exit_code, as_root)
+
     def execute(self, command, timeout=None, check_exit_code=True, as_root=False):
         return self.conn.execute(command, timeout, check_exit_code, as_root)