diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5287-machinectl-become-success.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5287-machinectl-become-success.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f71831e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5287-machinectl-become-success.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - machinectl become plugin - combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5287).
diff --git a/plugins/become/machinectl.py b/plugins/become/machinectl.py
index 3e13dfc2a5..461a3f635d 100644
--- a/plugins/become/machinectl.py
+++ b/plugins/become/machinectl.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):
 
         flags = self.get_option('become_flags')
         user = self.get_option('become_user')
-        return '%s -q shell %s %s@ %s' % (become, flags, user, cmd)
+        return '%s -q shell %s %s@ %s' % (become, flags, user, self._build_success_command(cmd, shell))
 
     def check_success(self, b_output):
         b_output = self.remove_ansi_codes(b_output)