diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 8c869f0787b..98f72092e31 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ config.on_clone = on_clone
 
 ### Features
 
+# Shell execution
+if sys.platform not in ['win32']:
+    config.available_features.add('shell')
+
 # Loadable module
 # FIXME: This should be supplied by Makefile or autoconf.
 if sys.platform in ['win32', 'cygwin']: