diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/scala/RunnerTest.scala b/integration-test/src/test/scala/RunnerTest.scala
index b87f723b5..a5973cd09 100755
--- a/integration-test/src/test/scala/RunnerTest.scala
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/scala/RunnerTest.scala
@@ -229,4 +229,12 @@ object SbtRunnerTest extends SimpleTestSuite with PowerAssertions {
     }
     ()
   }
+
+  test("sbt --no-share adds three system properties") {
+    val out = sbtProcess("--no-share").!!.linesIterator.toList
+    assert(out.contains[String]("-Dsbt.global.base=project/.sbtboot"))
+    assert(out.contains[String]("-Dsbt.boot.directory=project/.boot"))
+    assert(out.contains[String]("-Dsbt.ivy.home=project/.ivy"))
+    ()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt b/src/universal/bin/sbt
index cc8d830e8..ae5a56c4b 100755
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ run() {
   exit $exit_code
 }
 
-declare -r noshare_opts="-Dsbt.global.base=project/.sbtboot -Dsbt.boot.directory=project/.boot -Dsbt.ivy.home=project/.ivy"
+declare -ra noshare_opts=(-Dsbt.global.base=project/.sbtboot -Dsbt.boot.directory=project/.boot -Dsbt.ivy.home=project/.ivy)
 declare -r sbt_opts_file=".sbtopts"
 declare -r build_props_file="$(pwd)/project/build.properties"
 declare -r etc_sbt_opts_file="/etc/sbt/sbtopts"
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ map_args () {
               -supershell=*) options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.supershell=${1:12}" ) && shift ;;
                   --color=*) options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.color=${1:8}" ) && shift ;;
                    -color=*) options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.color=${1:7}" ) && shift ;;
-       -no-share|--no-share) options=( "${options[@]}" "$noshare_opts" ) && shift ;;
+       -no-share|--no-share) options=( "${options[@]}" "${noshare_opts[@]}" ) && shift ;;
      -no-global|--no-global) options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.global.base=$(pwd)/project/.sbtboot" ) && shift ;;
        -sbt-boot|--sbt-boot) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.boot.directory=$2" ) && shift 2 ;;
          -sbt-dir|--sbt-dir) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && options=( "${options[@]}" "-Dsbt.global.base=$2" ) && shift 2 ;;