diff --git a/lib/common/asar.js b/lib/common/asar.js
index 262412813221..1d8474d1c563 100644
--- a/lib/common/asar.js
+++ b/lib/common/asar.js
@@ -589,6 +589,23 @@
         return mkdirSync(p, mode)
       }
     }
+
+    // Executing a command string containing a path to an asar
+    // archive confuses `child_process.execFile`, which is internally
+    // called by `child_process.{exec,execSync}`, causing
+    // Electron to consider the full command as a single path
+    // to an archive.
+    [ 'exec', 'execSync' ].forEach(function (functionName) {
+      var old = child_process[functionName]
+      child_process[functionName] = function () {
+        var processNoAsarOriginalValue = process.noAsar
+        process.noAsar = true
+        var result = old.apply(this, arguments)
+        process.noAsar = processNoAsarOriginalValue
+        return result
+      }
+    })
+
     overrideAPI(fs, 'open')
     overrideAPI(child_process, 'execFile')
     overrideAPISync(process, 'dlopen', 1)
diff --git a/spec/asar-spec.js b/spec/asar-spec.js
index f9c4e98ae8fa..ac0779d2f266 100644
--- a/spec/asar-spec.js
+++ b/spec/asar-spec.js
@@ -555,6 +555,30 @@ describe('asar package', function () {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('child_process.exec', function () {
+      var child_process = require('child_process');
+      var echo = path.join(fixtures, 'asar', 'echo.asar', 'echo')
+
+      it('should not try to extract the command if there is a reference to a file inside an .asar', function (done) {
+        child_process.exec('echo ' + echo + ' foo bar', function (error, stdout) {
+          assert.equal(error, null)
+          assert.equal(stdout.toString().replace(/\r/g, ''), echo + ' foo bar\n')
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('child_process.execSync', function () {
+      var child_process = require('child_process');
+      var echo = path.join(fixtures, 'asar', 'echo.asar', 'echo')
+
+      it('should not try to extract the command if there is a reference to a file inside an .asar', function (done) {
+        var stdout = child_process.execSync('echo ' + echo + ' foo bar')
+        assert.equal(stdout.toString().replace(/\r/g, ''), echo + ' foo bar\n')
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('child_process.execFile', function () {
       var echo, execFile, execFileSync, ref2
       if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {