diff --git a/tool/rbinstall.rb b/tool/rbinstall.rb
index 1a14960af7..a316e07e79 100755
--- a/tool/rbinstall.rb
+++ b/tool/rbinstall.rb
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def install(src, dest, options = {})
   strip = options.delete(:strip)
   options[:preserve] = true
   d = with_destdir(dest)
-  super(src, d, options)
+  super(src, d, **options)
   srcs = Array(src)
   if strip
     d = srcs.map {|s| File.join(d, File.basename(s))} if $made_dirs[dest]