diff --git a/maven-wrapper/mvnw b/maven-wrapper/mvnw
index efb5d5d17b..e655940cc4 100755
--- a/maven-wrapper/mvnw
+++ b/maven-wrapper/mvnw
@@ -228,9 +228,10 @@ export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
+# avoid using MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS below since that would loose parameter escaping in $@
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
 
diff --git a/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd b/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
index 0d49a2de0a..8e2b7459f7 100644
--- a/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
 set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
 set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+# avoid using MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS below since that would loose parameter escaping in %*
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
 goto end