Index: usr/src/uts/common/exec/shbin/shbin.c
===================================================================
--- usr/src/uts/common/exec/shbin/shbin.c	(revision 1632)
+++ usr/src/uts/common/exec/shbin/shbin.c	(working copy)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Use is subject to license terms.
  */
 
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Setup interpreter data
+	 * "--" is passed to mark the end-of-arguments before adding
+	 * the scripts file name, preventing problems when a
+	 * a script's name starts with a '-' character.
+	 */
+	idata.intp = NULL;
+	idata.intp_name = shell_list[i];
+	idata.intp_arg = "--";
+
 	opath = args->pathname;
 	args->pathname = resolvepn.pn_path;
 	/* don't free resolvepn until we are done with args */