diff --git a/runtime/src/launch/slurm-gasnetrun_common/slurm-gasnetrun_common.h b/runtime/src/launch/slurm-gasnetrun_common/slurm-gasnetrun_common.h
index 9fd90e83c8d3..13ac701e9ce3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/launch/slurm-gasnetrun_common/slurm-gasnetrun_common.h
+++ b/runtime/src/launch/slurm-gasnetrun_common/slurm-gasnetrun_common.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static char* chpl_launch_create_command(int argc, char* argv[],
                    chpl_get_real_binary_wrapper(),
                    chpl_get_real_binary_name());
     for (i=1; i<argc; i++) {
-      len += snprintf(iCom+len, sizeof(iCom)-len, " %s", argv[i]);
+      len += snprintf(iCom+len, sizeof(iCom)-len, " '%s'", argv[i]);
     }
 
     snprintf(baseCommand, sizeof(baseCommand), "salloc %s", iCom);
diff --git a/runtime/src/launch/slurm-srun/launch-slurm-srun.c b/runtime/src/launch/slurm-srun/launch-slurm-srun.c
index 43ba7bb65b46..789526dc0f04 100644
--- a/runtime/src/launch/slurm-srun/launch-slurm-srun.c
+++ b/runtime/src/launch/slurm-srun/launch-slurm-srun.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static char* chpl_launch_create_command(int argc, char* argv[],
 
     // add any arguments passed to the launcher to the binary
     for (i=1; i<argc; i++) {
-      len += snprintf(iCom+len, sizeof(iCom)-len, " %s", argv[i]);
+      len += snprintf(iCom+len, sizeof(iCom)-len, " '%s'", argv[i]);
     }
 
     // launch the job using srun