diff --git a/maven-core/src/bin/m2 b/maven-core/src/bin/m2
index 38af9b5c03..85acafd9cb 100755
--- a/maven-core/src/bin/m2
+++ b/maven-core/src/bin/m2
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ echo ""
 echo THE m2 COMMMAND IS DEPRECATED - PLEASE RUN mvn INSTEAD
 echo ""
 
-exec `dirname $0`/mvn $@
+exec "`dirname $0`/mvn" $@