diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cab15aa8..52308c8b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ elif (3, 0) < version < (3, 3):
 
 VERSION = '3.11'
 
-install_requires = ['psutil', 'colorama', 'six', 'decorator']
+install_requires = ['psutil', 'colorama', 'six', 'decorator', 'bashlex']
 extras_require = {':python_version<"3.4"': ['pathlib2'],
                   ":sys_platform=='win32'": ['win_unicode_console']}
 
diff --git a/tests/shells/test_bash.py b/tests/shells/test_bash.py
index c3738f44..c4268c04 100644
--- a/tests/shells/test_bash.py
+++ b/tests/shells/test_bash.py
@@ -56,3 +56,13 @@ class TestBash(object):
     def test_get_history(self, history_lines, shell):
         history_lines(['ls', 'rm'])
         assert list(shell.get_history()) == ['ls', 'rm']
+
+    def test_split_command(self, shell):
+        command = 'git log $(git ls-files thefuck | grep python_command) -p'
+        command_parts = ['git', 'log', '$(git ls-files thefuck | grep python_command)', '-p']
+        assert shell.split_command(command) == command_parts
+
+        # bashlex doesn't support parsing arithmetic expressions, so make sure
+        # shlex is used a fallback
+        # See https://github.com/idank/bashlex#limitations
+        assert shell.split_command('$((1 + 2))') == ['$((1', '+', '2))']
diff --git a/thefuck/shells/bash.py b/thefuck/shells/bash.py
index d6f4cdff..f914163f 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells/bash.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells/bash.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import bashlex
 from ..conf import settings
 from ..utils import memoize
 from .generic import Generic
@@ -45,3 +46,13 @@ class Bash(Generic):
         else:
             config = 'bash config'
         return 'eval $(thefuck --alias)', config
+
+    def split_command(self, command):
+        generic = Generic()
+
+        # If bashlex fails for some reason, fallback to shlex
+        # See https://github.com/idank/bashlex#limitations
+        try:
+            return generic.decode_utf8(list(bashlex.split(generic.encode_utf8(command))))
+        except:
+            return generic.split_command(command)
diff --git a/thefuck/shells/generic.py b/thefuck/shells/generic.py
index e20d7ec3..ec38df1c 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells/generic.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells/generic.py
@@ -65,9 +65,17 @@ class Generic(object):
 
     def split_command(self, command):
         """Split the command using shell-like syntax."""
+        return self.decode_utf8(shlex.split(self.encode_utf8(command)))
+
+    def encode_utf8(self, command):
         if six.PY2:
-            return [s.decode('utf8') for s in shlex.split(command.encode('utf8'))]
-        return shlex.split(command)
+            return command.encode('utf8')
+        return command
+
+    def decode_utf8(self, command_parts):
+        if six.PY2:
+            return [s.decode('utf8') for s in command_parts]
+        return command_parts
 
     def quote(self, s):
         """Return a shell-escaped version of the string s."""