diff --git a/pipenv/project.py b/pipenv/project.py
index 961ac52e..ddc5f336 100644
--- a/pipenv/project.py
+++ b/pipenv/project.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import codecs
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import six
 import sys
 import shlex
 import base64
@@ -371,9 +372,11 @@ class Project(object):
     @property
     def scripts(self):
         scripts = self.parsed_pipfile.get('scripts', {})
+        posix = os.name == 'posix'
+        _scripts = {}
         for (k, v) in scripts.items():
-            scripts[k] = shlex.split(v, posix=True)
-        return scripts
+            _scripts[k] = shlex.split(str(v), posix=posix)
+        return _scripts
 
     def update_settings(self, d):
         settings = self.settings
diff --git a/tests/test_pipenv.py b/tests/test_pipenv.py
index 1329d5b2..49cf3cc8 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipenv.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipenv.py
@@ -1170,3 +1170,38 @@ flask = "==0.12.2"
             with open(p.pipfile_path, 'a') as f:
                 f.write('requests = "==2.14.0"\n')
             assert Project().get_lockfile_hash() != Project.calculate_pipfile_hash()
+
+    @pytest.mark.run
+    def test_scripts_basic(self):
+        with PipenvInstance(chdir=True) as p:
+            with open(p.pipfile_path, 'w') as f:
+                f.write("""
+[scripts]
+printfoo = "python -c print('foo')"
+                """)
+
+            c = p.pipenv('install')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+
+            c = p.pipenv('run printfoo')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+            assert c.out == 'foo\n'
+            assert c.err == ''
+
+    @pytest.mark.run
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason='This fails on Windows (not sure about POSIX).')
+    def test_scripts_quoted(self):
+        with PipenvInstance(chdir=True) as p:
+            with open(p.pipfile_path, 'w') as f:
+                f.write("""
+[scripts]
+printfoo = "python -c print('foo')"
+                """)
+
+            c = p.pipenv('install')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+
+            c = p.pipenv('run printfoo')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+            assert c.out == 'foo\n'
+            assert c.err == ''