diff --git a/Lib/popen2.py b/Lib/popen2.py
index d195fef..45dcbb9 100644
--- a/Lib/popen2.py
+++ b/Lib/popen2.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 MAXFD = 100	# Max number of file descriptors (os.getdtablesize()???)
 
 def popen2(cmd):
-	cmd = string.split(cmd)
+	cmd = ['/bin/sh', '-c', cmd]
 	p2cread, p2cwrite = os.pipe()
 	c2pread, c2pwrite = os.pipe()
 	pid = os.fork()