diff --git a/bin/ecompress b/bin/ecompress
index 7aabc8e4c..1ab07ccd7 100755
--- a/bin/ecompress
+++ b/bin/ecompress
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]] ; do
                if [[ ${#skip_files[@]} -gt 0 && -s ${T}/.ecompress_had_precompressed ]]; then
                        sed_args=()
                        for f in "${skip_files[@]}"; do
-                               sed_args+=(-e "s|^${f}\$||")
+                               sed_args+=("s|^${f}\$||;")
                        done
-                       sed "${sed_args[@]}" -e '/^$/d' -i "${T}/.ecompress_had_precompressed" || die
+                       sed_args+=('/^$/d')
+                       sed -f - -i "${T}/.ecompress_had_precompressed" <<< "${sed_args[@]}" || die
                fi

                exit 0