1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index db067c5da16..47feb3aa50b 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -1417,8 +1417,11 @@ see `dired-view-command-alist'.  Otherwise, display it in another buffer."
           (if (string-match (car elt) file)
               (setq cmd (cdr elt))))
         (if cmd
-            (dired-run-shell-command (concat cmd " "
-                                             (shell-quote-argument file)))
+            (call-process shell-file-name nil 0 nil
+                          "-c"
+                          (concat cmd " "
+                                  (shell-quote-argument file)
+                                  " &"))
           (view-file file))))))
 
 (defun dired-find-file-other-window ()