diff --git a/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/scripts/bootstrap.js b/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/scripts/bootstrap.js
index 6ba193d30..b2922b532 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/scripts/bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/scripts/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ const options = {
   encoding: 'utf-8',
 };
 
+if (os.type() === 'Windows_NT') {
+  options.shell = true
+}
+
 let result;
 
 if (process.cwd() !== root || args.length) {