diff --git a/lib/ansible/connection.py b/lib/ansible/connection.py
index 21c056c0923..742556ec6e9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/connection.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/connection.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class LocalConnection(object):
 
         return self
 
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, sudoable=False):
+    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path,sudo_user,sudoable=False):
         ''' run a command on the local host '''
         if self.runner.sudo and sudoable:
             cmd = "sudo -s %s" % cmd