diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
index a536891d291..2f636531718 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         mkdir $out/bin
         for i in $(cd $out/bin-orig && ls); do
             echo "#! $SHELL -e" >> $out/bin/$i
-            echo "DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=$out/frameworks exec $out/bin-orig/$i -framework-path $out/frameworks \$@" >> $out/bin/$i
+            echo "DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=$out/frameworks exec $out/bin-orig/$i -framework-path $out/frameworks \"\$@\"" >> $out/bin/$i
             chmod +x $out/bin/$i
         done
       '' else "")