diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose b/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
index 77d02b428..3cf37a707 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __docker_compose_q() {
-	docker-compose 2>/dev/null $daemon_options "$@"
+	docker-compose 2>/dev/null "${daemon_options[@]}" "$@"
 }
 
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