diff --git a/bin/rbenv-exec b/bin/rbenv-exec
index 77de1dec..59a122b8 100755
--- a/bin/rbenv-exec
+++ b/bin/rbenv-exec
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ fi
 RBENV_COMMAND_PATH="$(rbenv-which "$RBENV_COMMAND")"
 
 shift 1
-exec -a "$RBENV_COMMAND" "$RBENV_COMMAND_PATH" $*
+exec -a "$RBENV_COMMAND" "$RBENV_COMMAND_PATH" "$@"
diff --git a/bin/rbenv-shim b/bin/rbenv-shim
index 36b2fc6e..b2341800 100755
--- a/bin/rbenv-shim
+++ b/bin/rbenv-shim
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 set -e
 
-exec rbenv-exec "${0##*/}" $*
+exec rbenv-exec "${0##*/}" "$@"