diff --git a/support/download/dl-wrapper b/support/download/dl-wrapper
index 38430738eb..3d2118a4ef 100755
--- a/support/download/dl-wrapper
+++ b/support/download/dl-wrapper
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ main() {
                 -f "${filename}" \
                 -u "${uri}" \
                 -o "${tmpf}" \
-                ${quiet} ${recurse} "${@}"
+                ${quiet} ${recurse} -- "${@}"
         then
             # cd back to keep path coherence
             cd "${OLDPWD}"