diff --git a/src/core/dbus-unit.c b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
index 39d6799b59..53397e8cbf 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-unit.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,9 @@ static int append_process(sd_bus_message *reply, const char *p, pid_t pid, Set *
                 p = buf;
         }
 
-        (void) get_process_cmdline(pid, SIZE_MAX, PROCESS_CMDLINE_COMM_FALLBACK, &cmdline);
+        (void) get_process_cmdline(pid, SIZE_MAX,
+                                   PROCESS_CMDLINE_COMM_FALLBACK | PROCESS_CMDLINE_QUOTE,
+                                   &cmdline);
 
         return sd_bus_message_append(reply,
                                      "(sus)",
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-context.c b/src/journal/journald-context.c
index add0a5480d..694056d558 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-context.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-context.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void client_context_read_basic(ClientContext *c) {
         if (get_process_exe(c->pid, &t) >= 0)
                 free_and_replace(c->exe, t);
 
-        if (get_process_cmdline(c->pid, SIZE_MAX, 0, &t) >= 0)
+        if (get_process_cmdline(c->pid, SIZE_MAX, PROCESS_CMDLINE_QUOTE, &t) >= 0)
                 free_and_replace(c->cmdline, t);
 
         if (get_process_capeff(c->pid, &t) >= 0)