diff --git a/src/vstest.console/CommandLine/Executor.cs b/src/vstest.console/CommandLine/Executor.cs
index b4642db4fc..52beddf73e 100644
--- a/src/vstest.console/CommandLine/Executor.cs
+++ b/src/vstest.console/CommandLine/Executor.cs
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ private int GetArgumentProcessors(string[] args, out List<IArgumentProcessor> pr
                     processors.Add(cliRunSettingsProcessor);
                     break;
                 }
+
                 var processor = processorFactory.CreateArgumentProcessor(arg);
 
                 if (processor != null)
diff --git a/src/vstest.console/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessor.cs b/src/vstest.console/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessor.cs
index c27853c619..8b1b88733b 100644
--- a/src/vstest.console/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/vstest.console/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessor.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CommandLine.Processors
     using System;
     using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
     using System.Xml.XPath;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
 
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.Common;
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.Common.Interfaces;
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel;
     using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.Common.Utilities;
 
-    using CommandLineResources = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CommandLine.Resources.Resources;
-    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+    using CommandLineResources = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.CommandLine.Resources.Resources;    
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The argument processor for runsettings passed as argument through cli
@@ -136,11 +136,60 @@ public ArgumentProcessorResult Execute()
 
         private void CreateOrOverwriteRunSettings(IRunSettingsProvider runSettingsProvider, string[] args)
         {
-            var length = args.Length;
+            var mergedArgs = new List<string>();
+            var mergedArg = string.Empty;
+            var merge = false;
+           
+            foreach (var arg in args)
+            {
+                // when we see that the parameter begins with TestRunParameters 
+                // but does not end with ") we start merging the params
+                if (arg.StartsWith("TestRunParameters", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    if (arg.EndsWith("\")")) {
+                        // this parameter is complete
+                        mergedArgs.Add(arg);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // this parameter needs merging
+                        merge = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // we merge as long as the flag is set
+                // hoping that we find the end of the parameter
+                if (merge)
+                {
+                    mergedArg += string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mergedArg) ? arg : $" {arg}";
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // if we are not merging just pass the param as is
+                    mergedArgs.Add(arg);
+                }
+
+                // once we detect the end we add the whole parameter to the args
+                if (merge && arg.EndsWith("\")")) {
+                    mergedArgs.Add(mergedArg);
+                    mergedArg = string.Empty;
+                    merge = false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (merge)
+            {
+                // we tried to merge but never found the end of that 
+                // test paramter, add what we merged up until now
+                mergedArgs.Add(mergedArg);
+            }
+
+            
+            var length = mergedArgs.Count;
 
             for (int index = 0; index < length; index++)
             {
-                var arg = args[index];
+                var arg = mergedArgs[index];
 
                 if (UpdateTestRunParameterNode(runSettingsProvider, arg))
                 {
diff --git a/test/vstest.console.UnitTests/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessorTests.cs b/test/vstest.console.UnitTests/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessorTests.cs
index 48ec148c25..9db1d8b408 100644
--- a/test/vstest.console.UnitTests/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/test/vstest.console.UnitTests/Processors/CLIRunSettingsArgumentProcessorTests.cs
@@ -347,5 +347,57 @@ public static IEnumerable<object[]> TestRunParameterArgValidTestCases()
             },
         };
         #endregion
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void InitializeShouldMergeTestRunParametersWithSpaces()
+        {
+            // in powershell call: ConsoleApp1.exe --% --TestRunParameters.Parameter(name =\"myParam\", value=\"myValue\")
+            // args:
+            //--
+            //TestRunParameters.Parameter(name = "myParam",
+            //value = "myValue")
+
+            // in cmd: ConsoleApp1.exe -- TestRunParameters.Parameter(name=\"myParam\", value=\"myValue\")
+            // args:
+            //--
+            //TestRunParameters.Parameter(name = "myParam",
+            //value = "myValue")
+
+            // in ubuntu wsl without escaping the space: ConsoleApp1.exe-- TestRunParameters.Parameter\(name =\"myParam\", value=\"myValue\"\)
+            // args:
+            //--
+            //TestRunParameters.Parameter(name = "myParam",
+            //value = "myValue")
+
+            // in ubuntu wsl with escaping the space: ConsoleApp1.exe-- TestRunParameters.Parameter\(name =\"myParam\",\ value=\"myValue\"\)
+            // args:
+            //--
+            //TestRunParameters.Parameter(name = "myParam", value = "myValue")
+
+            var args = new string[] {
+                "--",
+                "TestRunParameters.Parameter(name=\"myParam\",",
+                "value=\"myValue\")",
+                "TestRunParameters.Parameter(name=\"myParam2\",",
+                "value=\"myValue 2\")",
+            };
+
+            var runsettings = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, new[]{
+                "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>",
+                "<RunSettings>",
+                "  <DataCollectionRunSettings>",
+                "    <DataCollectors />",
+                "  </DataCollectionRunSettings>",
+                "  <TestRunParameters>",
+                "    <Parameter name=\"myParam\" value=\"myValue\" />",
+                "    <Parameter name=\"myParam2\" value=\"myValue 2\" />",
+                "  </TestRunParameters>",
+                "</RunSettings>"});
+
+            this.executor.Initialize(args);
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(this.settingsProvider.ActiveRunSettings);
+            Assert.AreEqual(runsettings, settingsProvider.ActiveRunSettings.SettingsXml);
+        }
     }
 }