Index: tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/__init__.py
+++ tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
     return os.getenv('TMPDIR', os.getenv('TEMP', os.getenv('TMP', '/tmp')))
 
 
+def run_build(command, *args, **kwargs):
+    """ Run and report build command execution
+
+    :param command: array of tokens
+    :return: exit code of the process
+    """
+    environment = kwargs.get('env', os.environ)
+    logging.debug('run build %s, in environment: %s', command, environment)
+    exit_code = subprocess.call(command, *args, **kwargs)
+    logging.debug('build finished with exit code: %d', exit_code)
+    return exit_code
+
+
 def run_command(command, cwd=None):
     """ Run a given command and report the execution.
 
Index: tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/analyze.py
===================================================================
--- tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/analyze.py
+++ tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/analyze.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 import logging
 import subprocess
 import multiprocessing
-from libscanbuild import initialize_logging, tempdir, command_entry_point
+from libscanbuild import initialize_logging, tempdir, command_entry_point, \
+    run_build
 from libscanbuild.runner import run
 from libscanbuild.intercept import capture
 from libscanbuild.report import report_directory, document
@@ -70,9 +71,7 @@
             # run the build command with compiler wrappers which
             # execute the analyzer too. (interposition)
             environment = setup_environment(args, target_dir, bin_dir)
-            logging.debug('run build in environment: %s', environment)
-            exit_code = subprocess.call(args.build, env=environment)
-            logging.debug('build finished with exit code: %d', exit_code)
+            exit_code = run_build(args.build, env=environment)
             # cover report generation and bug counting
             number_of_bugs = document(args, target_dir, False)
             # set exit status as it was requested
Index: tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/intercept.py
===================================================================
--- tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/intercept.py
+++ tools/scan-build-py/libscanbuild/intercept.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import logging
 import subprocess
 from libear import build_libear, TemporaryDirectory
-from libscanbuild import command_entry_point, run_command
+from libscanbuild import command_entry_point, run_build, run_command
 from libscanbuild import duplicate_check, tempdir, initialize_logging
 from libscanbuild.compilation import split_command
 from libscanbuild.shell import encode, decode
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@
     with TemporaryDirectory(prefix='intercept-', dir=tempdir()) as tmp_dir:
         # run the build command
         environment = setup_environment(args, tmp_dir, bin_dir)
-        logging.debug('run build in environment: %s', environment)
-        exit_code = subprocess.call(args.build, env=environment)
-        logging.info('build finished with exit code: %d', exit_code)
+        exit_code = run_build(args.build, env=environment)
         # read the intercepted exec calls
         exec_traces = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
             parse_exec_trace(os.path.join(tmp_dir, filename))