diff --git a/distribution/src/main/resources/bin/elasticsearch-plugin b/distribution/src/main/resources/bin/elasticsearch-plugin
index 1bab4b1118c..f686ed054f2 100755
--- a/distribution/src/main/resources/bin/elasticsearch-plugin
+++ b/distribution/src/main/resources/bin/elasticsearch-plugin
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ fi
 HOSTNAME=`hostname | cut -d. -f1`
 export HOSTNAME
 
-eval "$JAVA" -client -Delasticsearch -Des.path.home="\"$ES_HOME\"" $properties -cp "\"$ES_HOME/lib/*\"" org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli $args
+eval "\"$JAVA\"" -client -Delasticsearch -Des.path.home="\"$ES_HOME\"" $properties -cp "\"$ES_HOME/lib/*\"" org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli $args