diff --git a/linuxdeploy_helper.sh b/linuxdeploy_helper.sh
index cf9a6417..db6ae8d1 100755
--- a/linuxdeploy_helper.sh
+++ b/linuxdeploy_helper.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=\`pwd\`/plugins
 export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=\`pwd\`/qml
 # make it so that it can be called from anywhere and also through soft links
 SCRIPT_DIR="\$(dirname "\$(test -L "\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" && readlink "\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
-"\$SCRIPT_DIR"/$GUI_EXEC
+"\$SCRIPT_DIR"/$GUI_EXEC "\$@"
 EOL
 
 chmod +x $TARGET/start-gui.sh