diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index ee2ce928ec..f5726c7e5d 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ elif test "x$package" = "xgst-plugins-bad"; then
   CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-player-tests"
 fi
 
-autogen_options $@
+autogen_options "$@"
 
 printf "+ check for build tools"
 if test -z "$NOCHECK"; then
diff --git a/common b/common
index 2c316907f6..b18d820635 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2c316907f68608ab94b952bcf6f18b68668dd53c
+Subproject commit b18d820635185eb549530af1ce406937141b2dd9