diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/network/SSHTunnelNetworkReconnectTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/network/SSHTunnelNetworkReconnectTest.java
index a7e759bd8bc..3b28a7c79d5 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/network/SSHTunnelNetworkReconnectTest.java
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/network/SSHTunnelNetworkReconnectTest.java
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ protected BrokerService createSecondBroker() throws Exception {
 
     @Override
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-        startProcess("ssh -Nn -L60006:localhost:61616 localhost");
-        startProcess("ssh -Nn -L60007:localhost:61617 localhost");
+        startProcess("ssh", "-Nn", "-L60006:localhost:61616", "localhost");
+        startProcess("ssh", "-Nn", "-L60007:localhost:61617", "localhost");
         super.setUp();
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    private void startProcess(String command) throws IOException {
+    private void startProcess(String... command) throws IOException {
         final Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
         processes.add(process);
         new Thread("stdout: " + command) {