diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 0833069..aea9b0d 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ sub runsynccmd {
 		foreach my $key (keys %properties) {
 			my $value = $properties{$key};
 			writelog('DEBUG', "will set $key to $value ...");
-			$recvoptions .= " -o $key=$value";
+			my $pair = escapeshellparam("$key=$value");
+			$recvoptions .= " -o $pair";
 		}
 	} elsif (defined $args{'preserve-recordsize'}) {
 		my $type = getzfsvalue($sourcehost,$sourcefs,$sourceisroot,'type');
diff --git a/tests/syncoid/9_preserve_properties/run.sh b/tests/syncoid/9_preserve_properties/run.sh
index 497ce9a..76d7a82 100755
--- a/tests/syncoid/9_preserve_properties/run.sh
+++ b/tests/syncoid/9_preserve_properties/run.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ zfs create -V 100M -o volblocksize=16k -o primarycache=all "${POOL_NAME}"/src/zv
 zfs create -V 100M -o volblocksize=64k "${POOL_NAME}"/src/zvol64
 zfs create -o recordsize=16k -o primarycache=none "${POOL_NAME}"/src/16
 zfs create -o recordsize=32k -o acltype=posixacl "${POOL_NAME}"/src/32
+zfs set 'net.openoid:var-name'='with whitespace and !"§$%&/()= symbols' "${POOL_NAME}"/src/32
 
 ../../../syncoid --preserve-properties --recursive --debug --compress=none "${POOL_NAME}"/src "${POOL_NAME}"/dst
 
@@ -64,3 +65,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$(zfs get acltype -H -o value -t filesystem "${POOL_NAME}"/dst/32)" != "posix" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
+
+if [ "$(zfs get 'net.openoid:var-name' -H -o value -t filesystem "${POOL_NAME}"/dst/32)" != "with whitespace and !\"§$%&/()= symbols" ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi