diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ad6edd..e750447 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -634,6 +634,15 @@ Availability:
      ...
 ```
 
+### shlex.join
+
+Availability:
+- `--py38-plus` is passed on the commandline.
+
+```diff
+-' '.join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd)
++shlex.join(cmd)
+```
 
 ### replace `@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)` with shorthand
 
diff --git a/pyupgrade/_plugins/shlex_join.py b/pyupgrade/_plugins/shlex_join.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b5410e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyupgrade/_plugins/shlex_join.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ast
+import functools
+from typing import Iterable
+
+from tokenize_rt import NON_CODING_TOKENS
+from tokenize_rt import Offset
+from tokenize_rt import Token
+
+from pyupgrade._ast_helpers import ast_to_offset
+from pyupgrade._data import register
+from pyupgrade._data import State
+from pyupgrade._data import TokenFunc
+from pyupgrade._token_helpers import find_open_paren
+from pyupgrade._token_helpers import find_token
+from pyupgrade._token_helpers import victims
+
+
+def _fix_shlex_join(i: int, tokens: list[Token], *, arg: ast.expr) -> None:
+    j = find_open_paren(tokens, i)
+    comp_victims = victims(tokens, j, arg, gen=True)
+    k = find_token(tokens, comp_victims.arg_index, 'in') + 1
+    while tokens[k].name in NON_CODING_TOKENS:
+        k += 1
+    tokens[comp_victims.ends[0]:comp_victims.ends[-1] + 1] = [Token('OP', ')')]
+    tokens[i:k] = [Token('CODE', 'shlex.join'), Token('OP', '(')]
+
+
+@register(ast.Call)
+def visit_Call(
+        state: State,
+        node: ast.Call,
+        parent: ast.AST,
+) -> Iterable[tuple[Offset, TokenFunc]]:
+    if state.settings.min_version < (3, 8):
+        return
+
+    if (
+            isinstance(node.func, ast.Attribute) and
+            isinstance(node.func.value, ast.Constant) and
+            isinstance(node.func.value.value, str) and
+            node.func.attr == 'join' and
+            not node.keywords and
+            len(node.args) == 1 and
+            isinstance(node.args[0], (ast.ListComp, ast.GeneratorExp)) and
+            isinstance(node.args[0].elt, ast.Call) and
+            isinstance(node.args[0].elt.func, ast.Attribute) and
+            isinstance(node.args[0].elt.func.value, ast.Name) and
+            node.args[0].elt.func.value.id == 'shlex' and
+            node.args[0].elt.func.attr == 'quote' and
+            not node.args[0].elt.keywords and
+            len(node.args[0].elt.args) == 1 and
+            isinstance(node.args[0].elt.args[0], ast.Name) and
+            len(node.args[0].generators) == 1 and
+            isinstance(node.args[0].generators[0].target, ast.Name) and
+            not node.args[0].generators[0].ifs and
+            not node.args[0].generators[0].is_async and
+            node.args[0].elt.args[0].id == node.args[0].generators[0].target.id
+    ):
+        func = functools.partial(_fix_shlex_join, arg=node.args[0])
+        yield ast_to_offset(node), func

diff --git a/tests/features/shlex_join_test.py b/tests/features/shlex_join_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6abe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/shlex_join_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from pyupgrade._data import Settings
+from pyupgrade._main import _fix_plugins
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('s', 'version'),
+    (
+        pytest.param(
+            'from shlex import quote\n'
+            '" ".join(quote(arg) for arg in cmd)\n',
+            (3, 8),
+            id='quote from-imported',
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            'import shlex\n'
+            '" ".join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd)\n',
+            (3, 7),
+            id='3.8+ feature',
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+def test_shlex_join_noop(s, version):
+    assert _fix_plugins(s, settings=Settings(min_version=version)) == s
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('s', 'expected'),
+    (
+        pytest.param(
+            'import shlex\n'
+            '" ".join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd)\n',
+
+            'import shlex\n'
+            'shlex.join(cmd)\n',
+
+            id='generator expression',
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            'import shlex\n'
+            '" ".join([shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd])\n',
+
+            'import shlex\n'
+            'shlex.join(cmd)\n',
+
+            id='list comprehension',
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            'import shlex\n'
+            '" ".join([shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd],)\n',
+
+            'import shlex\n'
+            'shlex.join(cmd)\n',
+
+            id='removes trailing comma',
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            'import shlex\n'
+            '" ".join([shlex.quote(arg) for arg in ["a", "b", "c"]],)\n',
+
+            'import shlex\n'
+            'shlex.join(["a", "b", "c"])\n',
+
+            id='more complicated iterable',
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+def test_shlex_join_fixes(s, expected):
+    assert _fix_plugins(s, settings=Settings(min_version=(3, 8))) == expected

' '.join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd) => shelx.quote(cmd)
`--py38-plus` -- this one might be tricky!
tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_fixes[generator tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_fixes[list tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_fixes[removes tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_fixes[more
tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_noop[quote tests/features/shlex_join_test.py::test_shlex_join_noop[3.8+