diff --git a/lib/rake/application.rb b/lib/rake/application.rb
index 115ca890b..6adadfb47 100644
--- a/lib/rake/application.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/application.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ def init(app_name='rake')
       standard_exception_handling do
         @name = app_name
         args = handle_options
+        if args.size > 1 && args.last =~ /.*\]/
+          clean_args = ""
+          args.each{ |arg| clean_args += arg }
+          args = [clean_args]
+        end
         collect_command_line_tasks(args)
       end
     end