diff --git a/bin/mktestsuite b/bin/mktestsuite
index 9d89aff18b606509e5d72fd2558b9826fab767d1..d1a6ed108923dc4dd3b9dd6d5fc79bdc15141f83 100755
--- a/bin/mktestsuite
+++ b/bin/mktestsuite
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ test_true($1>=$1) ]])
 EOF
 
 cat $1
-) | (shift ; m4 "$@")
+) | (shift ; m4 $@ )