diff --git a/bin/cp b/bin/cp
index 7a55c161..c009ccec 100755
--- a/bin/cp
+++ b/bin/cp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sub run {
 	my @unix_like = qw(darwin freebsd linux);
 	if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
 		# https://home.csulb.edu/~murdock/copy.html
-		my @command = 'copy';
+		my @command = 'cmd', '/c', 'copy';
 		push @command, '/-Y' if $opts{i};
 		push @command, $source, $destination;