diff --git a/src/frontend/spec.c b/src/frontend/spec.c
index 9f18130a1..8e5d2c108 100644
--- a/src/frontend/spec.c
+++ b/src/frontend/spec.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ com_spec(wordlist *wl)
         }
     }
 
-    names = ft_getpnames(wl, TRUE);
+    names = ft_getpnames_quotes(wl, TRUE);
     vlist = NULL;
     ngood = 0;
     for (pn = names; pn; pn = pn->pn_next) {