diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_script-become.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/win_script-become.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db624b6e89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_script-become.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- win_script - added support for running a script with become 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
index 969ca8d046c..ed0a231643b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
@@ -688,6 +688,69 @@ def _is_binary(b_module_data):
     return bool(start.translate(None, textchars))
 
 
+def _create_powershell_wrapper(b_module_data, module_args, environment,
+                               async_timeout, become, become_method,
+                               become_user, become_password, become_flags,
+                               scan_dependencies=True):
+    # creates the manifest/wrapper used in PowerShell modules to enable things
+    # like become and async - this is also called in action/script.py
+    exec_manifest = dict(
+        module_entry=to_text(base64.b64encode(b_module_data)),
+        powershell_modules=dict(),
+        module_args=module_args,
+        actions=['exec'],
+        environment=environment
+    )
+
+    exec_manifest['exec'] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(leaf_exec)))
+
+    if async_timeout > 0:
+        exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'async_watchdog')
+        exec_manifest["async_watchdog"] = to_text(
+            base64.b64encode(to_bytes(async_watchdog)))
+        exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'async_wrapper')
+        exec_manifest["async_wrapper"] = to_text(
+            base64.b64encode(to_bytes(async_wrapper)))
+        exec_manifest["async_jid"] = str(random.randint(0, 999999999999))
+        exec_manifest["async_timeout_sec"] = async_timeout
+
+    if become and become_method == 'runas':
+        exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'become')
+        exec_manifest["become_user"] = become_user
+        exec_manifest["become_password"] = become_password
+        exec_manifest['become_flags'] = become_flags
+        exec_manifest["become"] = to_text(
+            base64.b64encode(to_bytes(become_wrapper)))
+
+    finder = PSModuleDepFinder()
+
+    # we don't want to scan for any module_utils or other module related flags
+    # if scan_dependencies=False - action/script sets to False
+    if scan_dependencies:
+        finder.scan_module(b_module_data)
+
+    for name, data in finder.modules.items():
+        b64_data = to_text(base64.b64encode(data))
+        exec_manifest['powershell_modules'][name] = b64_data
+
+    exec_manifest['min_ps_version'] = finder.ps_version
+    exec_manifest['min_os_version'] = finder.os_version
+    if finder.become and 'become' not in exec_manifest['actions']:
+        exec_manifest['actions'].insert(0, 'become')
+        exec_manifest['become_user'] = 'SYSTEM'
+        exec_manifest['become_password'] = None
+        exec_manifest['become_flags'] = None
+        exec_manifest['become'] = to_text(
+            base64.b64encode(to_bytes(become_wrapper)))
+
+    # FUTURE: smuggle this back as a dict instead of serializing here;
+    # the connection plugin may need to modify it
+    b_json = to_bytes(json.dumps(exec_manifest))
+    b_data = exec_wrapper.replace(b"$json_raw = ''",
+                                  b"$json_raw = @'\r\n%s\r\n'@" % b_json)
+    return b_data
+
+
 def _find_module_utils(module_name, b_module_data, module_path, module_args, task_vars, templar, module_compression, async_timeout, become,
                        become_method, become_user, become_password, become_flags, environment):
     """
@@ -867,53 +930,14 @@ def _find_module_utils(module_name, b_module_data, module_path, module_args, tas
         # it can fail in the presence of the UTF8 BOM commonly added by
         # Windows text editors
         shebang = u'#!powershell'
-
-        exec_manifest = dict(
-            module_entry=to_text(base64.b64encode(b_module_data)),
-            powershell_modules=dict(),
-            module_args=module_args,
-            actions=['exec'],
-            environment=environment
+        # create the common exec wrapper payload and set that as the module_data
+        # bytes
+        b_module_data = _create_powershell_wrapper(
+            b_module_data, module_args, environment, async_timeout, become,
+            become_method, become_user, become_password, become_flags,
+            scan_dependencies=True
         )
 
-        exec_manifest['exec'] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(leaf_exec)))
-
-        if async_timeout > 0:
-            exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'async_watchdog')
-            exec_manifest["async_watchdog"] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(async_watchdog)))
-            exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'async_wrapper')
-            exec_manifest["async_wrapper"] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(async_wrapper)))
-            exec_manifest["async_jid"] = str(random.randint(0, 999999999999))
-            exec_manifest["async_timeout_sec"] = async_timeout
-
-        if become and become_method == 'runas':
-            exec_manifest["actions"].insert(0, 'become')
-            exec_manifest["become_user"] = become_user
-            exec_manifest["become_password"] = become_password
-            exec_manifest['become_flags'] = become_flags
-            exec_manifest["become"] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(become_wrapper)))
-
-        finder = PSModuleDepFinder()
-        finder.scan_module(b_module_data)
-
-        for name, data in finder.modules.items():
-            b64_data = to_text(base64.b64encode(data))
-            exec_manifest['powershell_modules'][name] = b64_data
-
-        exec_manifest['min_ps_version'] = finder.ps_version
-        exec_manifest['min_os_version'] = finder.os_version
-        if finder.become and 'become' not in exec_manifest['actions']:
-            exec_manifest['actions'].insert(0, 'become')
-            exec_manifest['become_user'] = 'SYSTEM'
-            exec_manifest['become_password'] = None
-            exec_manifest['become_flags'] = None
-            exec_manifest['become'] = to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(become_wrapper)))
-
-        # FUTURE: smuggle this back as a dict instead of serializing here; the connection plugin may need to modify it
-        module_json = json.dumps(exec_manifest)
-
-        b_module_data = exec_wrapper.replace(b"$json_raw = ''", b"$json_raw = @'\r\n%s\r\n'@" % to_bytes(module_json))
-
     elif module_substyle == 'jsonargs':
         module_args_json = to_bytes(json.dumps(module_args))
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index 76e0d5c9f7e..dc8655f9587 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import re
 import shlex
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAction, _AnsibleActionDone, AnsibleActionFail, AnsibleActionSkip
+from ansible.executor.module_common import _create_powershell_wrapper
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
-from ansible.plugins.shell.powershell import exec_wrapper
 
 
 class ActionModule(ActionBase):
@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             script_cmd = self._connection._shell.wrap_for_exec(script_cmd)
 
             exec_data = None
-            # WinRM requires a special wrapper to work with environment variables
-            if self._connection.transport == "winrm":
-                pay = self._connection._create_raw_wrapper_payload(script_cmd,
-                                                                   env_dict)
-                exec_data = exec_wrapper.replace(b"$json_raw = ''",
-                                                 b"$json_raw = @'\r\n%s\r\n'@"
-                                                 % to_bytes(pay))
+            # PowerShell runs the script in a special wrapper to enable things
+            # like become and environment args
+            if self._connection._shell.SHELL_FAMILY == "powershell":
+                # FIXME: use a more public method to get the exec payload
+                pc = self._play_context
+                exec_data = _create_powershell_wrapper(
+                    to_bytes(script_cmd), {}, env_dict, self._task.async_val,
+                    pc.become, pc.become_method, pc.become_user,
+                    pc.become_pass, pc.become_flags, scan_dependencies=False
+                )
                 script_cmd = "-"
 
             result.update(self._low_level_execute_command(cmd=script_cmd, in_data=exec_data, sudoable=True, chdir=chdir))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
index 14984372144..e6216e90e6c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlunsplit
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
-from ansible.plugins.shell.powershell import leaf_exec
 from ansible.utils.hashing import secure_hash
 from ansible.utils.path import makedirs_safe
 
@@ -488,21 +487,6 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         self.shell_id = None
         self._connect()
 
-    def _create_raw_wrapper_payload(self, cmd, environment=None):
-        environment = {} if environment is None else environment
-
-        payload = {
-            'module_entry': to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(cmd))),
-            'powershell_modules': {},
-            'actions': ['exec'],
-            'exec': to_text(base64.b64encode(to_bytes(leaf_exec))),
-            'environment': environment,
-            'min_ps_version': None,
-            'min_os_version': None
-        }
-
-        return json.dumps(payload)
-
     def _wrapper_payload_stream(self, payload, buffer_size=200000):
         payload_bytes = to_bytes(payload)
         byte_count = len(payload_bytes)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py
index 454784fe472..13da1876b14 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ $exec_wrapper = {
 
     $output = $entrypoint.Run($payload)
     # base64 encode the output so the non-ascii characters are preserved
-    Write-Output ([System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes((Write-Output $output))))
+    Write-Output ([System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes((Write-Output ($output | Out-String)))))
 } # end exec_wrapper
 
 Function Dump-Error ($excep, $msg=$null) {
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_script/files/test_script_whoami.ps1 b/test/integration/targets/win_script/files/test_script_whoami.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79a1c475b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_script/files/test_script_whoami.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+whoami.exe
+Write-Output "finished"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
index cee28d3fab3..bba771ba78d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_script/tasks/main.yml
@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@
 #      - "test_cmd_result is changed"
 
 - name: run test script that takes a boolean parameter
-  script: test_script_bool.ps1 $true
+  script: test_script_bool.ps1 $false  # use false as that can pick up more errors
   register: test_script_bool_result
 
 - name: check that the script ran and the parameter was treated as a boolean
   assert:
     that:
-      - "test_script_bool_result.stdout_lines[0] == 'System.Boolean'"
-      - "test_script_bool_result.stdout_lines[1] == 'True'"
+      - test_script_bool_result.stdout_lines[0] == 'System.Boolean'
+      - test_script_bool_result.stdout_lines[1] == 'False'
 
 - name: run test script that uses envvars
   script: test_script_with_env.ps1
@@ -272,3 +272,16 @@
     that:
       - test_script_removes_file_check_mode is changed
       - remove_file_stat.stat.exists
+
+- name: run test script with become that outputs 2 lines
+  script: test_script_whoami.ps1
+  register: test_script_result_become
+  become: yes
+  become_user: SYSTEM
+  become_method: runas
+
+- name: check that the script ran and we get both outputs on new lines
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - test_script_result_become.stdout_lines[0]|lower == 'nt authority\\system'
+    - test_script_result_become.stdout_lines[1] == 'finished'