diff --git a/build/build.plugin.zsh b/build/build.plugin.zsh
index 688d0b6..21b0bb0 100644
--- a/build/build.plugin.zsh
+++ b/build/build.plugin.zsh
@@ -165,11 +165,18 @@ EOF
 # Build then run a target residing in `~build/bin`.
 build-run() {
   local target=$1; shift 1
-  eval build $target && ~build/bin/$target $*
+  eval build $target && ~build/bin/$target "$@"
 }
 
 # Build then debug a target residing in `~build/bin`.
 build-debug() {
   local target=$1; shift 1
-  eval build $target && debug ~build/bin/$target $*
+  # For each item in $* replace * and \* and then replace \ with \\
+  autoload -U regexp-replace
+  local args=()
+  for arg in "$@"; do
+    regexp-replace arg '\*' '\\*'
+    args+=($arg)
+  done
+  eval build $target && debug ~build/bin/$target $args
 }