diff --git a/backuppc/manifests/init.pp b/backuppc/manifests/init.pp
index c6bc19e..b33269a 100644
--- a/backuppc/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/backuppc/manifests/init.pp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class backuppc::server {
     }
 
     exec { "generate-backuppc-hosts":
-	command     => '(cat /etc/BackupPC/hosts.in ; find /etc/BackupPC/pc/ -name \*.pl -exec basename {} .pl \; | sed -e "s/$/ 0 adm/") > /etc/BackupPC/hosts',
+	command     => "/bin/sh -c '(cat /etc/BackupPC/hosts.in ; find /etc/BackupPC/pc -name \\*.pl -exec basename {} .pl \\; | sed -e \"s/\$/ 0 adm/\") > /etc/BackupPC/hosts'",
 	path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
 	refreshonly => true,
 	require     => File["/etc/BackupPC/hosts.in"],