diff --git a/bin/sstablekeys b/bin/sstablekeys
index 3c2aa332af..4c87bb5bc7 100755
--- a/bin/sstablekeys
+++ b/bin/sstablekeys
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ fi
 
 $JAVA -cp $CLASSPATH  -Dstorage-config=$CASSANDRA_CONF \
         -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties \
-        org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport "$1" -e
+        org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport "$@" -e
 
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