diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c92ab793a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+    - logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/monitoring/logstash_plugin.py b/plugins/modules/monitoring/logstash_plugin.py
index 5d1cd488ab..13b1233c1f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/monitoring/logstash_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/monitoring/logstash_plugin.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ PACKAGE_STATE_MAP = dict(
 
 def is_plugin_present(module, plugin_bin, plugin_name):
     cmd_args = [plugin_bin, "list", plugin_name]
-    rc, out, err = module.run_command(" ".join(cmd_args))
+    rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd_args)
     return rc == 0