diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Script.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Script.scala
index d08f21c5a..fa7e98764 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Script.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Script.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object Script {
       val append = Load.transformSettings(Load.projectScope(currentRef), currentRef.build, rootProject, scriptSettings ++ embeddedSettings)
 
       val newStructure = Load.reapply(session.original ++ append, structure)
-      val arguments = state.remainingCommands.drop(1)
+      val arguments = state.remainingCommands.drop(1).map(e => s""""${e}"""")
       val newState = arguments.mkString("run ", " ", "") :: state.copy(remainingCommands = Nil)
       Project.setProject(session, newStructure, newState)
     }
diff --git a/notes/0.13.14/script_args_fix.md b/notes/0.13.14/script_args_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea27259f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/0.13.14/script_args_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Fixes scripted mode ignores quotation. [#2551][2551] by [@ekrich][@ekrich]
+
+  [2551]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/2551
+  [@ekrich]: https://github.com/ekrich