diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
index 16815d51d4c6..cb896836cb40 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ private[spark] class MesosClusterScheduler(
       "--driver-cores", desc.cores.toString,
       "--driver-memory", s"${desc.mem}M")
 
+    val replicatedOptionsBlacklist = Set(
+      "spark.jars", // Avoids duplicate classes in classpath
+      "spark.submit.deployMode", // this would be set to `cluster`, but we need client
+      "spark.master" // this contains the address of the dispatcher, not master
+    )
+
     // Assume empty main class means we're running python
     if (!desc.command.mainClass.equals("")) {
       options ++= Seq("--class", desc.command.mainClass)
@@ -439,9 +445,29 @@ private[spark] class MesosClusterScheduler(
         .mkString(",")
       options ++= Seq("--py-files", formattedFiles)
     }
+    desc.schedulerProperties
+      .filter { case (key, _) => !replicatedOptionsBlacklist.contains(key) }
+      .foreach { case (key, value) => options ++= Seq("--conf", s"$key=${shellEscape(value)}") }
     options
   }
 
+  /**
+    * Escape args for Unix-like shells, unless already quoted by the user.
+    * Based on: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Double-Quotes.html
+    * and http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Quote.html
+    * @param value argument
+    * @return escaped argument
+    */
+  private[scheduler] def shellEscape(value: String): String = {
+    val WrappedInQuotes = """^(".+"|'.+')$""".r
+    val ShellSpecialChars = (""".*([ '<>&|\?\*;!#\\(\)"$`]).*""").r
+    value match {
+      case WrappedInQuotes(c) => value // The user quoted his args, don't touch it!
+      case ShellSpecialChars(c) => "\"" + value.replaceAll("""(["`\$\\])""", """\\$1""") + "\""
+      case _: String => value // Don't touch harmless strings
+    }
+  }
+
   private class ResourceOffer(val offer: Offer, var cpu: Double, var mem: Double) {
     override def toString(): String = {
       s"Offer id: ${offer.getId.getValue}, cpu: $cpu, mem: $mem"
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/mesos/MesosClusterSchedulerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/mesos/MesosClusterSchedulerSuite.scala
index f5cef1caaf1a..60ffb0f943ad 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/mesos/MesosClusterSchedulerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/mesos/MesosClusterSchedulerSuite.scala
@@ -72,4 +72,40 @@ class MesosClusterSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext wi
     val state = scheduler.getSchedulerState()
     assert(state.queuedDrivers.isEmpty)
   }
+
+  test("escapes commandline args for the shell") {
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+    conf.setMaster("mesos://localhost:5050")
+    conf.setAppName("spark mesos")
+    val scheduler = new MesosClusterScheduler(
+      new BlackHoleMesosClusterPersistenceEngineFactory, conf) {
+      override def start(): Unit = { ready = true }
+    }
+    val escape = scheduler.shellEscape _
+    def wrapped(str: String): String = "\"" + str + "\""
+
+    // Wrapped in quotes
+    assert(escape("'should be left untouched'") === "'should be left untouched'")
+    assert(escape("\"should be left untouched\"") === "\"should be left untouched\"")
+
+    // Harmless
+    assert(escape("") === "")
+    assert(escape("harmless") === "harmless")
+    assert(escape("har-m.l3ss") === "har-m.l3ss")
+
+    // Special Chars escape
+    assert(escape("should escape this \" quote") === wrapped("should escape this \\\" quote"))
+    assert(escape("shouldescape\"quote") === wrapped("shouldescape\\\"quote"))
+    assert(escape("should escape this $ dollar") === wrapped("should escape this \\$ dollar"))
+    assert(escape("should escape this ` backtick") === wrapped("should escape this \\` backtick"))
+    assert(escape("""should escape this \ backslash""")
+      === wrapped("""should escape this \\ backslash"""))
+    assert(escape("""\"?""") === wrapped("""\\\"?"""))
+
+
+    // Special Chars no escape only wrap
+    List(" ", "'", "<", ">", "&", "|", "?", "*", ";", "!", "#", "(", ")").foreach(char => {
+      assert(escape(s"onlywrap${char}this") === wrapped(s"onlywrap${char}this"))
+    })
+  }
 }