diff --git a/support/download/hg b/support/download/hg
index 5bdbbc82cd..25cb4e9d35 100755
--- a/support/download/hg
+++ b/support/download/hg
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ _hg clone ${verbose} --noupdate "'${repo}'" "'${basename}'"
 
 _hg archive ${verbose} --repository "'${basename}'" --type tgz \
             --prefix "'${basename}'" --rev "'${cset}'" \
-            "'${output}'"
+            - >"${output}"