diff --git a/src/shell.js b/src/shell.js
index 2745dbf82..c0c9d0af2 100644
--- a/src/shell.js
+++ b/src/shell.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function spawn(tag, file, args, options, callback) {
 
     if (options.ipc) options.stdio = ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'];
 
-    debug(tag + ' spawn: %s %s', file, args.join(' '));
+    debug(tag + ' spawn: %s %s', file, args.join(' ').replace(/\n/g, '\\n'));
     const cp = child_process.spawn(file, args, options);
 
     if (options.logStream) {