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diff --git a/Src/exec.c b/Src/exec.c
index 2301f85ad..6f09e0d9f 100644
--- a/Src/exec.c
+++ b/Src/exec.c
@@ -2901,11 +2901,13 @@ execcmd_exec(Estate state, Execcmd_params eparams,
pushnode(args, dupstring("fg"));
}
- if ((how & Z_ASYNC) || output) {
+ if ((how & Z_ASYNC) || output ||
+ (last1 == 2 && input && EMULATION(EMULATE_SH))) {
/*
- * If running in the background, or not the last command in a
- * pipeline, we don't need any of the rest of this function to
- * affect the state in the main shell, so fork immediately.
+ * If running in the background, not the last command in a
+ * pipeline, or the last command in a multi-stage pipeline
+ * in sh mode, we don't need any of the rest of this function
+ * to affect the state in the main shell, so fork immediately.
*
* In other cases we may need to process the command line
* a bit further before we make the decision.