diff --git a/spamassassin/manifests/init.pp b/spamassassin/manifests/init.pp
index 54d91af..ca67c92 100644
--- a/spamassassin/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/spamassassin/manifests/init.pp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class spamassassin::milter($options="") {
     case $::operatingsystem {
         "centos","redhat","fedora": {
             augeas { "set-spamass-milter-sysconfig":
-                changes => "set EXTRA_FLAGS '${options}'",
+                changes => "set EXTRA_FLAGS '\"${options}\"'",
                 incl    => "/etc/sysconfig/spamass-milter",
                 lens    => "Shellvars.lns",
                 require => Package["spamass-milter"],