diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/withGetopt.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/withGetopt.nix
index 196e6765a..179051bdf 100644
--- a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/withGetopt.nix
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/withGetopt.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 with import <stockholm/lib>;
-{ utillinux, writeDash }:
+{ coreutils, quote, utillinux, writeDash }:
 
 opt-spec: cmd-spec: let
 
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ in writeDash wrapper-name ''
     unset ${opt.varname}
   '') opts)}
 
+  WITHGETOPT_ORIG_ARGS=$(${quote}/bin/quote "$@")
+  export WITHGETOPT_ORIG_ARGS
+
   args=$(${utillinux}/bin/getopt \
       -l ${shell.escape
             (concatMapStringsSep ","