diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/hoogle-local-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/hoogle-local-wrapper.sh
index c7b15b8f99d..970c0e6845e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/hoogle-local-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/hoogle-local-wrapper.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 COMMAND=$1
 shift
 HOOGLE_DOC_PATH=@out@/share/hoogle/doc exec @hoogle@/bin/hoogle \
-    $COMMAND -d @out@/share/hoogle $@
+    $COMMAND -d @out@/share/hoogle "$@"