diff --git a/spacy/cli/project/run.py b/spacy/cli/project/run.py
index 4e836d6db..4f27cef4d 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/project/run.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/project/run.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from wasabi import msg
 from wasabi.util import locale_escape
 import sys
+import shlex
 import srsly
 import typer