1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index adafa80770..80ae8a2a46 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from bb import monitordisk
 import subprocess
 import pickle
 from multiprocessing import Process
+import shlex
 
 bblogger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
 logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake.RunQueue")
@@ -1220,12 +1221,12 @@ class RunQueue:
         if fakeroot:
             magic = magic + "beef"
             mcdata = self.cooker.databuilder.mcdata[mc]
-            fakerootcmd = mcdata.getVar("FAKEROOTCMD")
+            fakerootcmd = shlex.split(mcdata.getVar("FAKEROOTCMD"))
             fakerootenv = (mcdata.getVar("FAKEROOTBASEENV") or "").split()
             env = os.environ.copy()
             for key, value in (var.split('=') for var in fakerootenv):
                 env[key] = value
-            worker = subprocess.Popen([fakerootcmd, "bitbake-worker", magic], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
+            worker = subprocess.Popen(fakerootcmd + ["bitbake-worker", magic], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
         else:
             worker = subprocess.Popen(["bitbake-worker", magic], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
         bb.utils.nonblockingfd(worker.stdout)