diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/local.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/local.py
index 5915569b024..273bf1718f5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/local.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/local.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import subprocess
 #import select
 #import fcntl
 
+import ansible.constants as C
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
 from ansible.plugins.connections import ConnectionBase
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             self._connected = True
         return self
 
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, in_data=None):
+    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
         ''' run a command on the local host '''
 
         super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, tmp_path, in_data=in_data)
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         if in_data:
             raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
 
-        executable = self._connection_info.executable.split()[0] if self._connection_info.executable else None
+        executable = C.DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE.split()[0] if C.DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE else None
 
         self._display.vvv("{0} EXEC {1}".format(self._connection_info.remote_addr, cmd))
         # FIXME: cwd= needs to be set to the basedir of the playbook