diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cmake-E-time-quoting.rst b/Help/release/dev/cmake-E-time-quoting.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23b17c57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/cmake-E-time-quoting.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake-E-time-quoting
+--------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E time`` command now properly passes arguments
+  with spaces or special characters through to the child process.  This
+  may break scripts that worked around the bug with their own extra
+  quoting or escaping.
diff --git a/Source/cmcmd.cxx b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
index 8dd902bea..1dc304c3a 100644
--- a/Source/cmcmd.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ int cmcmd::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
     // Clock command
     else if (args[1] == "time" && args.size() > 2)
       {
-      std::string command = cmJoin(cmMakeRange(args).advance(2), " ");
+      std::vector<std::string> command(args.begin()+2, args.end());
 
       clock_t clock_start, clock_finish;
       time_t time_start, time_finish;
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int cmcmd::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
       time(&time_start);
       clock_start = clock();
       int ret =0;
-      cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(command.c_str(), 0, 0, &ret);
+      cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(command, 0, 0, &ret);
 
       clock_finish = clock();
       time(&time_finish);
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d9b0332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-no-arg-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+^CMake Error: cmake version .*
+Usage: .* -E <command> \[arguments\.\.\.\]
+Available commands:
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a51446a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_time-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+^hello  world
+Elapsed time: [^
+]*$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 8068973a7..e3b73ff25 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ run_cmake_command(E_echo_append ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo_append)
 run_cmake_command(E_rename-no-arg ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename)
 run_cmake_command(E_touch_nocreate-no-arg ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch_nocreate)
 
+run_cmake_command(E_time ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E time ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "hello  world")
+run_cmake_command(E_time-no-arg ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E time)
+
 run_cmake_command(E___run_iwyu-no-iwyu ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E __run_iwyu -- command-does-not-exist)
 run_cmake_command(E___run_iwyu-bad-iwyu ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E __run_iwyu --iwyu=iwyu-does-not-exist -- command-does-not-exist)
 run_cmake_command(E___run_iwyu-no--- ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E __run_iwyu --iwyu=iwyu-does-not-exist command-does-not-exist)