diff --git a/.changes/command-message-blocking.md b/.changes/command-message-blocking.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..720060d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/command-message-blocking.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Fixes child processes messages not arriving until the subprocess is terminated.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/endpoints/shell.rs b/core/tauri/src/endpoints/shell.rs
index 5ad0432ee..3f4ffdc6b 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/endpoints/shell.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/endpoints/shell.rs
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ impl Cmd {
           let pid = child.pid();
           command_childs().lock().unwrap().insert(pid, child);
 
-          crate::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
-            while let Some(event) = rx.recv().await {
+          // TODO: for some reason using `crate::async_runtime::spawn` and `rx.recv().await` doesn't work here, see issue #1935
+          std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            while let Some(event) = rx.blocking_recv() {
               if matches!(event, crate::api::process::CommandEvent::Terminated(_)) {
                 command_childs().lock().unwrap().remove(&pid);
               }