diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 66f5f752c5..c878d9579d 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -545,7 +545,12 @@ cmd_foreach()
 				sm_path=$(relative_path "$sm_path") &&
 				# we make $path available to scripts ...
 				path=$sm_path &&
-				eval "$@" &&
+				if test $# -eq 1
+				then
+					eval "$1"
+				else
+					"$@"
+				fi &&
 				if test -n "$recursive"
 				then
 					cmd_foreach "--recursive" "$@"
diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index b64c9ed8e7..7ca10b8606 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -325,4 +325,13 @@ test_expect_success 'command passed to foreach --recursive retains notion of std
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'multi-argument command passed to foreach is not shell-evaluated twice' '
+	(
+		cd super &&
+		git submodule foreach "echo \\\"quoted\\\"" > ../expected &&
+		git submodule foreach echo \"quoted\" > ../actual
+	) &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done