diff --git a/modules/exploits/windows/local/wmi.rb b/modules/exploits/windows/local/wmi.rb
index e57b010dbf..1ed8741ec9 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/windows/local/wmi.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/windows/local/wmi.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Local
                             payload_instance.arch.first,
                             {
                                 :remove_comspec => true,
+                                :encode_inner_payload => true,
                                 :use_single_quotes => true
                             })
       chunks = split_code(psh, 1000)