diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerFork.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerFork.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerFork.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerFork.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@
     Job->CFPath = DirPlusFile(TempDir, std::to_string(JobId) + ".merge");
     Job->JobId = JobId;
 
-
     Cmd.addArgument(Job->CorpusDir);
     Cmd.addFlag("features_dir", Job->FeaturesDir);
 
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerUtilLinux.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerUtilLinux.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerUtilLinux.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/fuzzer/FuzzerUtilLinux.cpp
@@ -21,11 +21,42 @@
 namespace fuzzer {
 
 int ExecuteCommand(const Command &Cmd) {
-  std::string CmdLine = Cmd.toString();
-  int exit_code = system(CmdLine.c_str());
-  if (WIFEXITED(exit_code))
-    return WEXITSTATUS(exit_code);
-  return exit_code;
+  int ExitCode, ProcessStatus = 0;
+  pid_t Pid = fork();
+
+  if (Pid == 0) { // Child process. Execute the given command here.
+    auto Args = Cmd.getArguments();
+    Vector<const char *> Argv(Args.size() + 1, nullptr);
+    std::transform(
+        Args.begin(), Args.end(), Argv.begin(),
+        [](const std::string &S) -> auto { return S.c_str(); });
+
+    if (Cmd.hasOutputFile()) {
+      FILE *OutputFile = fopen(Cmd.getOutputFile().c_str(), "w");
+      if (!OutputFile)
+        return -1;
+
+      dup2(fileno(OutputFile), 1);
+      if (Cmd.isOutAndErrCombined())
+        dup2(fileno(OutputFile), 2);
+
+      fclose(OutputFile);
+    }
+
+    exit(execvp(Argv[0], const_cast<char *const *>(Argv.data())));
+  } else if (Pid > 0) { // Parent process. Wait for the child's exit code.
+    Pid = waitpid(Pid, &ProcessStatus, 0);
+    if (Pid == -1)
+      ExitCode = -1;
+    else
+      ExitCode = ProcessStatus;
+  } else {
+    ExitCode = -1;
+  }
+
+  if (WIFEXITED(ExitCode))
+    return WEXITSTATUS(ExitCode);
+  return ExitCode;
 }
 
 void DiscardOutput(int Fd) {
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/minimize_crash_with_bad_filename.test b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/minimize_crash_with_bad_filename.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/fuzzer/minimize_crash_with_bad_filename.test
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Test verifies that libFuzzer handles filenames that may break shell commands.
+UNSUPPORTED: darwin, windows
+
+RUN: %cpp_compiler %S/NullDerefTest.cpp -o %t-NullDerefTest
+RUN: mkdir -p %t.dir
+
+RUN: echo -n 'Hi!AAA' > '%t.dir/bad;(%file)name'
+RUN: %run %t-NullDerefTest -minimize_crash=1 '%t.dir/bad;(%file)name' -max_total_time=2 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=BAD_FILENAME
+BAD_FILENAME: failed to minimize beyond