diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 90c8f97f2b..b1f0b03b4a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@
             <configuration>
               <!-- Execute the shell script to generate the spark build information. -->
               <target>
-                <exec executable="${project.basedir}/../build/spark-build-info">
+                <exec executable="bash">
+                  <arg value="${project.basedir}/../build/spark-build-info"/>
                   <arg value="${project.build.directory}/extra-resources"/>
                   <arg value="${project.version}"/>
                 </exec>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 2f7da31e55..bce7f1d69b 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ object Core {
     resourceGenerators in Compile += Def.task {
       val buildScript = baseDirectory.value + "/../build/spark-build-info"
       val targetDir = baseDirectory.value + "/target/extra-resources/"
-      val command =  buildScript + " " + targetDir + " " + version.value
+      val command = Seq("bash", buildScript, targetDir, version.value)
       Process(command).!!
       val propsFile = baseDirectory.value / "target" / "extra-resources" / "spark-version-info.properties"
       Seq(propsFile)