diff --git a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug
index 7957caead29..e31cb59a8a4 100755
--- a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug
+++ b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 path=`dirname $0`
-. "$path/SETUP.sh" $@ --with-debug=full
+set -- "$@" --with-debug=full
+. "$path/SETUP.sh"
 
 extra_flags="$pentium_cflags $debug_cflags"
 c_warnings="$c_warnings $debug_extra_warnings"
diff --git a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max
index a69513ac6bb..56e24617abb 100755
--- a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max
+++ b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 path=`dirname $0`
-. "$path/SETUP.sh" $@ --with-debug=full
+set -- "$@" --with-debug=full
+. "$path/SETUP.sh"
 
 extra_flags="$pentium_cflags $debug_cflags $max_cflags"
 c_warnings="$c_warnings $debug_extra_warnings"
diff --git a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max-no-ndb b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max-no-ndb
index 26ec7eacc9d..92a388f9cb9 100755
--- a/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max-no-ndb
+++ b/BUILD/compile-pentium-debug-max-no-ndb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 path=`dirname $0`
-. "$path/SETUP.sh" $@ --with-debug=full
+set -- "$@" --with-debug=full
+. "$path/SETUP.sh"
 
 extra_flags="$pentium_cflags $debug_cflags $max_cflags"
 c_warnings="$c_warnings $debug_extra_warnings"
diff --git a/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug b/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug
index 0299669f79a..1edc9827366 100755
--- a/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug
+++ b/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 path=`dirname $0`
-. "$path/SETUP.sh" $@ --with-debug=full
+set -- "$@" --with-debug=full
+. "$path/SETUP.sh"
 
 extra_flags="$pentium64_cflags $debug_cflags"
 c_warnings="$c_warnings $debug_extra_warnings"
diff --git a/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug-max b/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug-max
index f0745c88c90..656825d8494 100755
--- a/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug-max
+++ b/BUILD/compile-pentium64-debug-max
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 path=`dirname $0`
-. "$path/SETUP.sh" $@ --with-debug=full
+set -- "$@" --with-debug=full
+. "$path/SETUP.sh"
 
 extra_flags="$pentium64_cflags $debug_cflags $max_cflags"
 c_warnings="$c_warnings $debug_extra_warnings"