diff --git a/autotests/i18ndcheck.sh b/autotests/i18ndcheck.sh
index c01181328..668f90eea 100644
--- a/autotests/i18ndcheck.sh
+++ b/autotests/i18ndcheck.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 #First arg should be the directory to check
 
-! find $1 -name '*.qml' | xargs grep 'i18n[^d]*('
+! find "$1" -name '*.qml' -print0 | xargs -0 grep 'i18n[^d]*('