diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
index 2a2fbacdbe..cf032fd82c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec_policy.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::powershell::extract_powershell_command;
 use crate::sandboxing::SandboxPermissions;
 use crate::tools::sandboxing::ExecApprovalRequirement;
+use codex_shell_command::command_safety::windows_safe_commands::parse_powershell_command_sequence;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 use shlex::split as shlex_split;
 use shlex::try_join as shlex_try_join;
@@ -629,6 +630,12 @@ fn commands_for_exec_policy(command: &[String]) -> (Vec<Vec<String>>, bool) {
         return (commands, false);
     }
 
+    if let Some(commands) = parse_powershell_command_sequence(command)
+        && !commands.is_empty()
+    {
+        return (commands, false);
+    }
+
     if let Some(single_command) = parse_shell_lc_single_command_prefix(command) {
         return (vec![single_command], true);
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
index ac479a4d2c..19711831e1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/shell-command/src/command_safety/windows_safe_commands.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ fn try_parse_powershell_command_sequence(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<S
     }
 }
 
+/// Parse a PowerShell wrapper into the underlying command sequence when the
+/// script is simple enough to recover stable argv tokens.
+pub fn parse_powershell_command_sequence(command: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
+    try_parse_powershell_command_sequence(command)
+}
+
 /// Parses a PowerShell invocation into discrete command vectors, rejecting unsafe patterns.
 fn parse_powershell_invocation(executable: &str, args: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Vec<String>>> {
     if args.is_empty() {