diff --git a/apply.pl b/apply.pl
index a79aa71..24e7d6b 100644
--- a/apply.pl
+++ b/apply.pl
@@ -1605,33 +1605,39 @@ sub run_queue_test_command( @ )
 {
 	my @cmd = @_;
 	my $output = '';
-	my $pid;
+	my $tmpdir = '/run/mars-nwe-webui';
+	my $out;
+	my $rc;
 
 	$queue_test_command_rc = 0;
 
-	$pid = open( my $fh, '-|' );
+	$tmpdir = '/tmp' if ! -d $tmpdir || ! -w $tmpdir;
+	$out = $tmpdir . '/smart-test-print-output-' . $$ . '-' . int( rand( 1000000 ) ) . '.txt';
 
-	if( ! defined( $pid ) )
+	$rc = system( @cmd, '>', $out, '2>&1' );
+
+	# system(@list) does not process shell redirection.  If the platform did
+	# not create an output file, fall back to a shell command with fully quoted
+	# arguments only for capturing output.
+	if( ! -e $out )
 	{
-		$queue_test_command_rc = 255 << 8;
-		return 'could not fork for nprint: ' . $!;
+		my $shell = join( ' ', map { queue_test_shell_log_quote( $_ ) } @cmd ) . ' > ' . queue_test_shell_log_quote( $out ) . ' 2>&1';
+		$rc = system( $shell );
 	}
 
-	if( $pid == 0 )
-	{
-		open( STDERR, '>&', STDOUT );
-		exec( @cmd );
-		print STDOUT 'could not exec ' . $cmd[0] . ': ' . $! . "\n";
-		exit( 127 );
-	}
+	$queue_test_command_rc = $rc;
 
-	while( my $line = <$fh> )
+	if( open( my $fh, '<', $out ) )
 	{
-		$output .= $line;
+		local $/ = undef;
+		$output = <$fh>;
+		close( $fh );
+		unlink( $out );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$output = 'could not read nprint output file ' . $out . ': ' . $!;
 	}
-
-	close( $fh );
-	$queue_test_command_rc = $?;
 
 	$output = '' unless defined( $output );
 	$output =~ s/\r//g;