diff --git a/tenant_schemas/management/commands/tenant_command.py b/tenant_schemas/management/commands/tenant_command.py
index 999f94d6..ff8471aa 100644
--- a/tenant_schemas/management/commands/tenant_command.py
+++ b/tenant_schemas/management/commands/tenant_command.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import shlex
+
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.db import connection
@@ -13,4 +15,8 @@ def handle(self, command, schema_name, *args, **options):
             schema_name=schema_name, **options
         )
         connection.set_tenant(tenant)
-        call_command(command, *args, **options)
+
+        # allow passing a command as string including parameters
+        #  eg. `./manage.py tenant_command -s tenant "test_command --foo 123"`
+        parsed_command = shlex.split(command)
+        call_command(*parsed_command, *args, **options)