diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.remote.jsch.core/src/org/eclipse/remote/internal/jsch/core/JSchProcessBuilder.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.remote.jsch.core/src/org/eclipse/remote/internal/jsch/core/JSchProcessBuilder.java
index 5233ae6584d..7b6bc9fea6f 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.remote.jsch.core/src/org/eclipse/remote/internal/jsch/core/JSchProcessBuilder.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.remote.jsch.core/src/org/eclipse/remote/internal/jsch/core/JSchProcessBuilder.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class JSchProcessBuilder extends AbstractRemoteProcessBuilder {
 	private String buildCommand(String cmd, List<String> environment, boolean clearEnv) {
 		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 		if (directory() != null) {
-			sb.append("cd " + charEscapify(directory().toURI().getPath(), charSet) + "; "); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+			sb.append("cd " + charEscapify(directory().toURI().getPath(), charSet) + " && "); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		}
 		if (clearEnv) {
 			sb.append("env -i"); //$NON-NLS-1$