diff --git a/bin/mkpackage.pike b/bin/mkpackage.pike
index 2a1a4e1c2c39f1b5ff85d4a7ab79799967dab214..9d2e71efec43263ce82ea75cf670e5ccf628a2ce 100644
--- a/bin/mkpackage.pike
+++ b/bin/mkpackage.pike
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Package
 		    " ./"+basename(pike_filename)+" "
 	                     "--script \"`pwd`\"/"+
 		                            basename(install_filename)+
-		    " \"$ARGS\")\n"
+		    " $ARGS)\n"
 		    "rm -rf "+setup_filename+" "+unpack_directory+"\n");
     
     string bootstrap = sprintf("#!/bin/sh\n"