diff --git a/scripts/bash/s3a_wrapper.sh b/scripts/bash/s3a_wrapper.sh
index 38c17944e..31e6df5e5 100755
--- a/scripts/bash/s3a_wrapper.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/s3a_wrapper.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       elif [ "$1" == "|" ]; then
         # If the argument is a pipe character
         other_args+=("'|'")
+      elif [[ "$1" == "\t" ]]; then
+        # If the argument is a tab character
+        other_args+=("'\t'")
       elif [[ "$1" =~ ^[[:space:]]+$ ]]; then
         # If the argument is one or more space characters
         other_args+=("'$1'")