diff --git a/Extension/src/Debugger/attachToProcess.ts b/Extension/src/Debugger/attachToProcess.ts
index 4ff3ce0c2..169c99218 100644
--- a/Extension/src/Debugger/attachToProcess.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/Debugger/attachToProcess.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
 
             const pipeCmd: string = `"${pipeProgram}" ${argList}`;
 
-            processes = await this.getRemoteOSAndProcesses(pipeCmd);
+            // If unspecified quoteArgs defaults to true.
+            const quoteArgs: boolean = pipeTransport.quoteArgs ?? true;
+
+            processes = await this.getRemoteOSAndProcesses(pipeCmd, quoteArgs);
         } else if (!pipeTransport && useExtendedRemote) {
             if (!miDebuggerPath || !miDebuggerServerAddress) {
                 throw new Error(localize("debugger.path.and.server.address.required", "{0} in debug configuration requires {1} and {2}", "useExtendedRemote", "miDebuggerPath", "miDebuggerServerAddress"));
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
     }
 
     // Creates a string to run on the host machine which will execute a shell script on the remote machine to retrieve OS and processes
-    private getRemoteProcessCommand(): string {
+    private getRemoteProcessCommand(quoteArgs: boolean): string {
         let innerQuote: string = `'`;
         let outerQuote: string = `"`;
         let parameterBegin: string = `$(`;
@@ -127,6 +130,12 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
             innerQuote = `"`;
             outerQuote = `'`;
         }
+
+        // If the pipeTransport settings indicate "quoteArgs": "false", we need to skip the outer quotes.
+        if (!quoteArgs) {
+            outerQuote = ``;
+        }
+
         // Also use a full path on Linux, so that we can use transports that need a full path such as 'machinectl' to connect to nspawn containers.
         if (os.platform() === "linux") {
             shPrefix = `/bin/`;
@@ -138,9 +147,9 @@ export class RemoteAttachPicker {
             `then ${PsProcessParser.psDarwinCommand}; fi${innerQuote}${outerQuote}`;
     }
 
-    private async getRemoteOSAndProcesses(pipeCmd: string): Promise<AttachItem[]> {
+    private async getRemoteOSAndProcesses(pipeCmd: string, quoteArgs: boolean): Promise<AttachItem[]> {
         // Do not add any quoting in execCommand.
-        const execCommand: string = `${pipeCmd} ${this.getRemoteProcessCommand()}`;
+        const execCommand: string = `${pipeCmd} ${this.getRemoteProcessCommand(quoteArgs)}`;
 
         const output: string = await util.execChildProcess(execCommand, undefined, this._channel);
         // OS will be on first line