diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 71f30f8c10..f9e0fa4aa8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Changes with Apache 2.3.3
      mod_proxy_ajp: Avoid delivering content from a previous request which
      failed to send a request body. PR 46949 [Ruediger Pluem]
 
+  *) apachectl: When passing through arguments to httpd in
+     non-SysV mode, use the "$@" syntax to preserve arguments.
+     [Eric Covener]
+
   *) mod_dbd: add DBDInitSQL directive to enable SQL statements to
      be run when a connection is opened.  PR 46827
      [Marko Kevac <mkevac gmail.com>]
diff --git a/support/apachectl.in b/support/apachectl.in
index 0bb7ce5e49..3281c2e6cd 100644
--- a/support/apachectl.in
+++ b/support/apachectl.in
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fullstatus)
     $LYNX $STATUSURL
     ;;
 *)
-    $HTTPD $ARGV
+    $HTTPD "$@"
     ERROR=$?
 esac