diff --git a/i18n/execute.py b/i18n/execute.py
index 28222177c4..43bdec2deb 100644
--- a/i18n/execute.py
+++ b/i18n/execute.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def execute(command, working_directory=BASE_DIR):
     Output is ignored.
     """
     LOG.info(command)
-    subprocess.check_output(command.split(' '), cwd=working_directory, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=working_directory, stderr=sys.STDOUT, shell=True)
 
 
 def call(command, working_directory=BASE_DIR):