diff --git a/openwrtbuilder b/openwrtbuilder
index c868242..4af66cd 100755
--- a/openwrtbuilder
+++ b/openwrtbuilder
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ fromSource() {
     # Write options to config seed file
     for opt in "${config_opts[@]}"; do
         debug "Writing $opt to $seed_file"
-        echo "$opt" | xargs args >> "$seed_file"
+        # Respect nested quotes (ex. in kopts)
+        echo "$opt" | xargs >> "$seed_file"
     done
 
     # TODO for now symlink clang for qosify