diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/runner/integ-test-runner.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/runner/integ-test-runner.ts
index cf6fe6b9efb5b..dcdaa58f2e47f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/runner/integ-test-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/runner/integ-test-runner.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { RequireApproval } from '@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema';
 import { DeployOptions, DestroyOptions } from 'cdk-cli-wrapper';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as logger from '../logger';
-import { chain, exec } from '../utils';
+import { chunks, exec } from '../utils';
 import { DestructiveChange, AssertionResults, AssertionResult } from '../workers/common';
 import { IntegRunnerOptions, IntegRunner, DEFAULT_SYNTH_OPTIONS } from './runner-base';
 
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ export class IntegTestRunner extends IntegRunner {
     const actualTestCase = this.actualTestSuite.testSuite[testCaseName];
     try {
       if (actualTestCase.hooks?.preDestroy) {
-        exec([chain(actualTestCase.hooks.preDestroy)], {
-          cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+        actualTestCase.hooks.preDestroy.forEach(cmd => {
+          exec(chunks(cmd), {
+            cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+          });
         });
       }
       this.cdk.destroy({
@@ -231,8 +233,10 @@ export class IntegTestRunner extends IntegRunner {
       });
 
       if (actualTestCase.hooks?.postDestroy) {
-        exec([chain(actualTestCase.hooks.postDestroy)], {
-          cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+        actualTestCase.hooks.postDestroy.forEach(cmd => {
+          exec(chunks(cmd), {
+            cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+          });
         });
       }
     } catch (e) {
@@ -255,8 +259,10 @@ export class IntegTestRunner extends IntegRunner {
     const actualTestCase = this.actualTestSuite.testSuite[testCaseName];
     try {
       if (actualTestCase.hooks?.preDeploy) {
-        exec([chain(actualTestCase.hooks?.preDeploy)], {
-          cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+        actualTestCase.hooks.preDeploy.forEach(cmd => {
+          exec(chunks(cmd), {
+            cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+          });
         });
       }
       // if the update workflow is not disabled, first
@@ -297,8 +303,10 @@ export class IntegTestRunner extends IntegRunner {
       });
 
       if (actualTestCase.hooks?.postDeploy) {
-        exec([chain(actualTestCase.hooks?.postDeploy)], {
-          cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+        actualTestCase.hooks.postDeploy.forEach(cmd => {
+          exec(chunks(cmd), {
+            cwd: path.dirname(this.snapshotDir),
+          });
         });
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/utils.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/utils.ts
index 74e5eb2154ae7..c783e6ca2a491 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/lib/utils.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ export function chain(commands: string[]): string {
   return commands.filter(c => !!c).join(' && ');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Split command to chunks by space
+ */
+export function chunks(command: string): string[] {
+  const result = command.match(/(?:[^\s"]+|"[^"]*")+/g);
+  return result ?? [];
+}
+
 
 /**
  * A class holding a set of items which are being crossed off in time
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/runner/integ-test-runner.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/runner/integ-test-runner.test.ts
index 9fad8eb71a1a9..b817c9bdb7f11 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/runner/integ-test-runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/runner/integ-test-runner.test.ts
@@ -347,16 +347,22 @@ describe('IntegTest runIntegTests', () => {
     // THEN
     expect(spawnSyncMock.mock.calls).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
       expect.arrayContaining([
-        'echo "preDeploy"',
+        'echo', ['"preDeploy hook"'],
       ]),
       expect.arrayContaining([
-        'echo "postDeploy"',
+        'echo', ['"postDeploy hook"'],
       ]),
       expect.arrayContaining([
-        'echo "preDestroy"',
+        'echo', ['"preDestroy hook"'],
       ]),
       expect.arrayContaining([
-        'echo "postDestroy"',
+        'echo', ['"postDestroy hook"'],
+      ]),
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'ls', [],
+      ]),
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'echo', ['-n', '"No new line"'],
       ]),
     ]));
   });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/test-data/cdk-integ.out.test-with-snapshot-assets/integ.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/test-data/cdk-integ.out.test-with-snapshot-assets/integ.json
index 2cd7ddd429f8a..126b54791cd02 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/test-data/cdk-integ.out.test-with-snapshot-assets/integ.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/integ-runner/test/test-data/cdk-integ.out.test-with-snapshot-assets/integ.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
       "stackUpdateWorkflow": false,
       "diffAssets": false,
       "hooks": {
-        "preDeploy": ["echo \"preDeploy\""],
-        "postDeploy": ["echo \"postDeploy\""],
-        "preDestroy": ["echo \"preDestroy\""],
-        "postDestroy": ["echo \"postDestroy\""]
+        "preDeploy": ["echo \"preDeploy hook\"", "ls", "echo -n \"No new line\""],
+        "postDeploy": ["echo \"postDeploy hook\""],
+        "preDestroy": ["echo \"preDestroy hook\""],
+        "postDestroy": ["echo \"postDestroy hook\""]
       },
       "allowDestroy": [
         "AWS::IAM::Role"