diff --git a/lib/common/asar.js b/lib/common/asar.js
index 20385da135967..52078f80a6bcd 100644
--- a/lib/common/asar.js
+++ b/lib/common/asar.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   const {Buffer} = require('buffer')
   const childProcess = require('child_process')
   const path = require('path')
+  const util = require('util')
 
   const hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty
 
@@ -680,18 +681,27 @@
     // called by `childProcess.{exec,execSync}`, causing
     // Electron to consider the full command as a single path
     // to an archive.
-    ['exec', 'execSync'].forEach(function (functionName) {
-      const old = childProcess[functionName]
-      childProcess[functionName] = function () {
-        const processNoAsarOriginalValue = process.noAsar
-        process.noAsar = true
-        try {
-          return old.apply(this, arguments)
-        } finally {
-          process.noAsar = processNoAsarOriginalValue
+    for (const functionName of ['exec', 'execSync']) {
+      childProcess[functionName] = wrap(childProcess[functionName], function (func) {
+        return function () {
+          const processNoAsarOriginalValue = process.noAsar
+          process.noAsar = true
+          try {
+            return func.apply(this, arguments)
+          } finally {
+            process.noAsar = processNoAsarOriginalValue
+          }
         }
+      })
+    }
+
+    function wrap (func, wrapper) {
+      const wrapped = wrapper(func)
+      if (func[util.promisify.custom]) {
+        wrapped[util.promisify.custom] = wrapper(func[util.promisify.custom])
       }
-    })
+      return wrapped
+    }
 
     overrideAPI(fs, 'open')
     overrideAPI(childProcess, 'execFile')
diff --git a/spec/asar-spec.js b/spec/asar-spec.js
index 131619d5f2198..cc477093849d2 100644
--- a/spec/asar-spec.js
+++ b/spec/asar-spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const assert = require('assert')
 const ChildProcess = require('child_process')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
+const util = require('util')
 const {closeWindow} = require('./window-helpers')
 
 const nativeImage = require('electron').nativeImage
@@ -644,6 +645,13 @@ describe('asar package', function () {
           done()
         })
       })
+
+      it('can be promisified', (done) => {
+        util.promisify(ChildProcess.exec)('echo ' + echo + ' foo bar').then(({ stdout }) => {
+          assert.equal(stdout.toString().replace(/\r/g, ''), echo + ' foo bar\n')
+          done()
+        })
+      })
     })
 
     describe('child_process.execSync', function () {