diff --git a/scripts/mosh b/scripts/mosh
index d1baaee..ceb641e 100755
--- a/scripts/mosh
+++ b/scripts/mosh
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ if ( $pid == 0 ) { # child
   }
 
   if ( scalar @command > 0 ) {
-    push @server, ( '--', @command );
+    my $command_string = q{"} . (join ' ', @command) . q{"};
+    push @server, ( '--', '/bin/sh', '-c', $command_string );
   }
 
   exec 'ssh', '-S', 'none', '-o', "ProxyCommand=$0 --fake-proxy -- %h %p", '-t', $userhost, '--', @server;