diff --git a/bin/kibana-plugin b/bin/kibana-plugin
index 4d36bee476bd3..02fc4e0d6124e 100755
--- a/bin/kibana-plugin
+++ b/bin/kibana-plugin
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-exec "${NODE}" $NODE_OPTIONS --no-warnings "${DIR}/src/cli_plugin" ${@}
+exec "${NODE}" $NODE_OPTIONS --no-warnings "${DIR}/src/cli_plugin" "$@"