diff --git a/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee b/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
index e7f845bba928..f7eeceb3f314 100644
--- a/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
@@ -355,3 +355,4 @@ exports.wrapFsWithAsar = (fs) ->
   overrideAPISync process, 'dlopen', 1
   overrideAPISync require('module')._extensions, '.node', 1
   overrideAPISync fs, 'openSync'
+  overrideAPISync child_process, 'execFileSync'