diff --git a/package/vala/vala-wrapper b/package/vala/vala-wrapper
index ae2f7ca671..84fc905b9f 100644
--- a/package/vala/vala-wrapper
+++ b/package/vala/vala-wrapper
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-$0-@VALA_VERSION@ --vapidir=${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/vala/vapi --girdir=${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/gir-1.0 $@
+$0-@VALA_VERSION@ --vapidir=${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/vala/vapi --girdir=${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/gir-1.0 "$@"