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diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
index 73a5bb78d2..660bd57985 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -83,8 +84,11 @@ line."
(catch 'system-error
(lambda ()
- (apply execlp (%editor) (%editor)
- (append-map package->location-specification packages)))
+ (let ((file-names (append-map package->location-specification
+ packages)))
+ ;; Use `system' instead of `exec' in order to sanely handle
+ ;; possible command line arguments in %EDITOR.
+ (exit (system (string-join (cons (%editor) file-names))))))
(lambda args
(let ((errno (system-error-errno args)))
(leave (_ "failed to launch '~a': ~a~%")