diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 47d1e9407f..db63514070 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 f49c55ecd3..b18d820635 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f49c55ecd35a7436194d28297f6d6f20eb6a66fa
+Subproject commit b18d820635185eb549530af1ce406937141b2dd9