diff --git a/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh b/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
index b6c1149eb..0b7d87924 100644
--- a/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pacdisowned() {
 pacman() {
  pacman_bin=${commands[pacman-color]:-/usr/bin/pacman}
  case $1 in
-  -S | -S[^sih]* | -R* | -U*) =sudo /bin/su -c"$pacman_bin '$@'" ;;
+  -S | -S[^sih]* | -R* | -U*) =sudo /bin/su -c "\"$pacman_bin \"$@\"\"" ;;
   *) $pacman_bin "$@" ;;
  esac
 }