diff --git a/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go b/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
index d07c4bd44..dcf2212ea 100644
--- a/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/guest_commands_test.go
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ func TestCreateDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create new GuestCommands for OS: %s", WindowsOSType)
 	}
 	cmd = guestCmd.CreateDir("C:\\Windows\\Temp\\tempdir")
-	if cmd != "New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path C:\\Windows\\Temp\\tempdir" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path C:\\Windows\\Temp\\tempdir\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows create dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 
 	// Windows OS w/ space in path
 	cmd = guestCmd.CreateDir("C:\\Windows\\Temp\\temp dir")
-	if cmd != "New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path C:\\Windows\\Temp\\temp` dir" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path C:\\Windows\\Temp\\temp` dir\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows create dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 }
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ func TestRemoveDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create new GuestCommands for OS: %s", WindowsOSType)
 	}
 	cmd = guestCmd.RemoveDir("C:\\Temp\\SomeDir")
-	if cmd != "rm C:\\Temp\\SomeDir -recurse -force" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"rm C:\\Temp\\SomeDir -recurse -force\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows remove dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 
 	// Windows OS w/ space in path
 	cmd = guestCmd.RemoveDir("C:\\Temp\\Some Dir")
-	if cmd != "rm C:\\Temp\\Some` Dir -recurse -force" {
+	if cmd != "powershell.exe -Command \"rm C:\\Temp\\Some` Dir -recurse -force\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Windows remove dir cmd: %s", cmd)
 	}
 }
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