diff --git a/src/CLI/Console.php b/src/CLI/Console.php
index 94407d5..8014859 100644
--- a/src/CLI/Console.php
+++ b/src/CLI/Console.php
@@ -124,15 +124,19 @@ public static function exit(int $status = 0): void
      *
      * This function was inspired by: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13287902/2299554
      *
-     * @param  string  $cmd
+     * @param  array|string  $cmd
      * @param  string  $input
      * @param  string  $output
      * @param  int  $timeout
      * @return int
      */
-    public static function execute(string $cmd, string $input, string &$output, int $timeout = -1, callable $onProgress = null): int
+    public static function execute(array|string $cmd, string $input, string &$output, int $timeout = -1, callable $onProgress = null): int
     {
-        $cmd = '( '.$cmd.' ) 3>/dev/null ; echo $? >&3';
+        // If the $cmd is passed as string, it will be wrapped into a subshell by \proc_open
+        // Forward stdout and exit codes from the subshell.
+        if (is_string($cmd)) {
+            $cmd = '( '.$cmd.' ) 3>/dev/null ; echo $? >&3';
+        }
 
         $pipes = [];
         $process = \proc_open(
diff --git a/tests/CLI/ConsoleTest.php b/tests/CLI/ConsoleTest.php
index 61e5034..afae8f5 100755
--- a/tests/CLI/ConsoleTest.php
+++ b/tests/CLI/ConsoleTest.php
@@ -36,6 +36,44 @@ public function testExecuteBasic()
         $this->assertEquals(0, $code);
     }
 
+    public function testExecuteArray()
+    {
+        $output = '';
+        $input = '';
+        $cmd = ['php', '-r', "echo 'hello world';"];
+        $code = Console::execute($cmd, $input, $output, 10);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('hello world', $output);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $code);
+    }
+
+    // Validate existing environment variables are passed down to the executed command.
+    public function testExecuteEnvVariables()
+    {
+        $randomData = base64_encode(random_bytes(10));
+        putenv("FOO={$randomData}");
+
+        $output = '';
+        $input = '';
+        $cmd = ['printenv'];
+        $code = Console::execute($cmd, $input, $output, 10);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $code);
+
+        $data = [];
+        foreach (explode("\n", $output) as $row) {
+            if (empty($row)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $kv = explode('=', $row, 2);
+            $this->assertEquals(2, count($kv), $row);
+            $data[$kv[0]] = $kv[1];
+        }
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('FOO', $data);
+        $this->assertEquals($randomData, $data['FOO']);
+    }
+
     public function testExecuteStream()
     {
         $output = '';