diff --git a/salt/modules/bsd_shadow.py b/salt/modules/bsd_shadow.py
index 19f767a952..ca3741e51c 100644
--- a/salt/modules/bsd_shadow.py
+++ b/salt/modules/bsd_shadow.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+try:
+    from shlex import quote as cmd_quote
+except ImportError:
+    from pipes import quote as cmd_quote
+
 # Define the module's virtual name
 __virtualname__ = 'shadow'
 
@@ -53,9 +58,9 @@ def info(name):
     # Get password aging info on FreeBSD
     # TODO: Implement this for NetBSD, OpenBSD
     if __salt__['cmd.has_exec']('pw'):
-        cmd = 'pw user show {0} | cut -f6,7 -d:'.format(name)
+        cmd = 'pw user show {0} | cut -f6,7 -d:'.format(cmd_quote(name))
         try:
-            change, expire = __salt__['cmd.run_all'](cmd)['stdout'].split(':')
+            change, expire = __salt__['cmd.run_all'](cmd, python_shell=True)['stdout'].split(':')
         except ValueError:
             pass
         else: