diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/ParametersList.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/ParametersList.java
index c2f838a8c6d9..fc5b0cb81000 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/ParametersList.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/ParametersList.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public class ParametersList implements Cloneable {
       try {
         builder.append(parameter);
         StringUtil.escapeQuotes(builder);
-        if (builder.length() == 0 || StringUtil.indexOf(builder, ' ') >= 0) {
+        if (builder.length() == 0 || StringUtil.indexOf(builder, ' ') >= 0 || StringUtil.indexOf(builder, '|') >= 0) {
           StringUtil.quote(builder);
         }
         return builder.toString();