diff --git a/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.cpp b/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.cpp
index 1e7f4887a..39f049abc 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ static QStringList get_variant_stringlist(const QVariantList& l)
     return retl;
 }
 
-CommandList::CommandList()
+CommandList::CommandList( bool doChroot )
+    : m_doChroot( doChroot )
 {
 }
 
-CommandList::CommandList::CommandList(const QVariant& v)
-    : CommandList()
+CommandList::CommandList::CommandList( const QVariant& v, bool doChroot )
+    : CommandList( doChroot )
 {
     if ( v.type() == QVariant::List )
     {
diff --git a/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.h b/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.h
index b94ffdcaf..b519f40dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.h
+++ b/src/modules/shellprocess/CommandList.h
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@
 class CommandList : protected QStringList
 {
 public:
-    CommandList();
-    CommandList(const QVariant& v);
+    CommandList( bool doChroot = true );
+    CommandList( const QVariant& v, bool doChroot = true );
     ~CommandList();
 
+    bool doChroot() const { return m_doChroot; }
+
     using QStringList::isEmpty;
     using QStringList::count;
     using QStringList::cbegin;
     using QStringList::cend;
     using QStringList::const_iterator;
+
+private:
+    bool m_doChroot;
 } ;
 
 #endif // COMMANDLIST_H