diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
index c9ef662857..9ef3bbf51f 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-show.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "cgroup-show.h"
 #include "cpu-set-util.h"
 #include "errno-util.h"
+#include "escape.h"
 #include "exec-util.h"
 #include "exit-status.h"
 #include "format-util.h"
@@ -643,7 +644,8 @@ static void print_status_info(
                 if (endswith(p->name, "Ex"))
                         continue;
 
-                argv = strv_join(p->argv, " ");
+                if (!strv_isempty(p->argv))
+                        argv = quote_command_line(p->argv, SHELL_ESCAPE_EMPTY);
                 printf("    Process: "PID_FMT" %s=%s ", p->pid, p->name, strna(argv));
 
                 good = is_clean_exit(p->code, p->status, EXIT_CLEAN_DAEMON, NULL);
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
index 75feedd3b0..90084c7f1c 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
@@ -369,6 +369,14 @@ systemctl status "sys-devices-*-ttyS0.device"
 systemctl status -- -.mount
 systemctl status 1
 
+# Exited commands are shown with argument boundaries preserved (#43938)
+systemd-run --unit=status-quoting-test.service -p Type=oneshot -p RemainAfterExit=yes \
+            --expand-environment=no true "foo bar" "" "a\$b"
+output="$(systemctl status --full --no-pager --lines=0 status-quoting-test.service)"
+systemctl stop status-quoting-test.service
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+grep -F ' "foo bar" "" "a\$b" (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)' <<<"$output"
+
 # --marked
 systemctl restart "$UNIT_NAME"
 systemctl set-property "$UNIT_NAME" "Markers=needs-reload needs-restart"