1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Expect.py b/scripts/Expect.py
index 0a4f6632d2d..2515d57edc1 100755
--- a/scripts/Expect.py
+++ b/scripts/Expect.py
@@ -335,8 +335,11 @@ class Expect (object):
             #
             # universal_newlines = True is necessary for Python 3 on Windows
             #
+            # We set shell=True to make sure executables are correctly searched
+            # in directories specified by the PATH environment variable.
+            #
             CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP = 512
-            self.p = subprocess.Popen(command, env = env, cwd = cwd, shell=False, bufsize=0, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+            self.p = subprocess.Popen(command, env = env, cwd = cwd, shell=True, bufsize=0, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                                       creationflags = CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP, universal_newlines=True)
         else: