diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
index b5ffbaa87..fe6e99e44 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ class AwsInvokeLocal {
 
     return new BbPromise(resolve => {
       const python = spawn(runtime,
-        ['-u', path.join(__dirname, 'invoke.py'), handlerPath, handlerName], { env: process.env });
+        ['-u', path.join(__dirname, 'invoke.py'), handlerPath, handlerName],
+        { env: process.env }, { shell: true });
       python.stdout.on('data', (buf) => this.serverless.cli.consoleLog(buf.toString()));
       python.stderr.on('data', (buf) => this.serverless.cli.consoleLog(buf.toString()));
       python.stdin.write(input);
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class AwsInvokeLocal {
         `-DhandlerName=${handlerName}`,
         '-jar',
         path.join(__dirname, 'java', 'target', 'invoke-bridge-1.0.jar'),
-      ]);
+      ], { shell: true });
 
       this.serverless.cli.log([
         'In order to get human-readable output,',