diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CommandLineProcessor.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CommandLineProcessor.java
index 5cc3f7ee511f..1b0ecf5a0fd1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CommandLineProcessor.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CommandLineProcessor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.ProjectManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ProjectRootManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.platform.PlatformProjectOpenProcessor;
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ public class CommandLineProcessor {
       }
       else {
         if (line != -1) {
+          if (StringUtil.isQuotedString(arg)) {
+            arg = StringUtil.stripQuotesAroundValue(arg);
+          }
           final VirtualFile virtualFile = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().refreshAndFindFileByPath(arg);
           if (virtualFile != null) {
             lastOpenedProject = doOpenFile(virtualFile, line);