diff --git a/sdk/bin/dart2native b/sdk/bin/dart2native
index 29f29d751f7..057490f1021 100755
--- a/sdk/bin/dart2native
+++ b/sdk/bin/dart2native
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ BIN_DIR="$(cd "${PROG_NAME%/*}" ; pwd -P)"
 SNAPSHOTS_DIR="${BIN_DIR}/snapshots"
 DART="$BIN_DIR/dart"
 
-exec "$DART" "${SNAPSHOTS_DIR}/dart2native.dart.snapshot" $*
+exec "$DART" "${SNAPSHOTS_DIR}/dart2native.dart.snapshot" "$@"