1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
index 0b65444d74..8836b09899 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
 import os
+import sys
+
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
 
 class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
     executable_name = 'sqlite3'
 
     def runshell(self):
-        args = ['', self.connection.settings_dict['DATABASE_NAME']]
-        os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)
+        args = [self.executable_name,
+                self.connection.settings_dict['DATABASE_NAME']]
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            sys.exit(os.system(" ".join(args)))
+        else:
+            os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)
+