diff --git a/priv/templates/extended_bin b/priv/templates/extended_bin
index 986249adf..5a9c68251 100755
--- a/priv/templates/extended_bin
+++ b/priv/templates/extended_bin
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ case "$1" in
         export PROGNAME
 
         # Dump environment info for logging purposes
-        echo "Exec: $BINDIR/erlexec" "$FOREGROUNDOPTIONS" \
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+        echo "Exec: $BINDIR/erlexec" $FOREGROUNDOPTIONS \
             -boot "$BOOTFILE" -mode "$CODE_LOADING_MODE" \
             -boot_var SYSTEM_LIB_DIR "$SYSTEM_LIB_DIR" \
             -config "$RELX_CONFIG_PATH" \
@@ -857,7 +858,9 @@ case "$1" in
 
         relx_run_hooks "$PRE_START_HOOKS"
         # Start the VM
-        exec "$BINDIR/erlexec" "$FOREGROUNDOPTIONS" \
+        # The variabre FOREGROUNDOPTIONS must NOT be quoted.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+        exec "$BINDIR/erlexec" $FOREGROUNDOPTIONS \
             -boot "$BOOTFILE" -mode "$CODE_LOADING_MODE" \
             -boot_var SYSTEM_LIB_DIR "$SYSTEM_LIB_DIR" \
             -config "$RELX_CONFIG_PATH" \