diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
index c13b79b31b8..0ba9c5d66ff 100755
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ if $cygwin; then
 	CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-"${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" ${JAVA_OPTS} -cp "$CLASSPATH" org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher $*
+"${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" ${JAVA_OPTS} -cp "$CLASSPATH" org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher "$@"