diff --git a/surefire-its/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/its/fixture/SurefireLauncher.java b/surefire-its/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/its/fixture/SurefireLauncher.java
index 327bfb5959..d0f47cee0c 100755
--- a/surefire-its/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/its/fixture/SurefireLauncher.java
+++ b/surefire-its/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/its/fixture/SurefireLauncher.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private List<String> getInitialGoals() {
 
         goals.add("-Dsurefire.version=" + surefireVersion);
 
-        String jacocoAgent = System.getProperty("jacoco.agent", "");
+        String jacocoAgent = System.getProperty("jacoco.agent", "").replace("\"", "").replace("\\\\", "\\");
         goals.add("-Djacoco.agent=" + jacocoAgent);
         goals.add("-nsu");