diff --git a/src/os_vms.c b/src/os_vms.c
index 12eceed..7c2d872 100644
--- a/src/os_vms.c
+++ b/src/os_vms.c
@@ -483,7 +483,8 @@
 		continue;
 
 	    /* Skip files that are not executable if we check for that. */
-	    if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(vms_fmatch[i], NULL))
+	    if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC)
+		 && !mch_can_exe(vms_fmatch[i], NULL, !(flags & EW_SHELLCMD)))
 		continue;
 
 	    /* allocate memory for pointers */