diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/parrot.sh b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/parrot.sh
index eb947fac8..c53dcd1dc 100755
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/parrot.sh
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/parrot.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.
-for arg in $@ ; do
+for arg in "$@" ; do
 	echo $arg out
 	sleep 1
 	echo $arg err>&2