diff --git a/lib/kickstart-bootstrap b/lib/kickstart-bootstrap
index bb362a4..3b93c4f 100755
--- a/lib/kickstart-bootstrap
+++ b/lib/kickstart-bootstrap
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ cat <<\CMD
 CMD
 )
 
-tar chz -C "$(kickstart root-dir)" . | ssh $target "$remote_command"
+tar chz -C "$(kickstart root-dir)" . | ssh $target "bash -c '$remote_command'"