diff --git a/libexec/bats-preprocess b/libexec/bats-preprocess
index 55406b4..7ba3132 100755
--- a/libexec/bats-preprocess
+++ b/libexec/bats-preprocess
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
     tests["${#tests[@]}"]="$encoded_name"
     echo "${encoded_name}() { bats_test_info ${quoted_name} ${index}"
   else
-    echo "$line"
+    printf "%s\n" "$line"
   fi
 done
 
diff --git a/test/bats.bats b/test/bats.bats
index cdafe8b..ba53ee7 100755
--- a/test/bats.bats
+++ b/test/bats.bats
@@ -97,3 +97,9 @@ fixtures bats
   [ $status -eq 0 ]
   [ "$output" = "4" ]
 }
+
+@test "dash-e is not mangled on beginning of line" {
+  run bats "$FIXTURE_ROOT/intact.bats"
+  [ $status -eq 0 ]
+  [ "${lines[1]}" = "ok 1 dash-e on beginning of line" ]
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/bats/intact.bats b/test/fixtures/bats/intact.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25c28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/bats/intact.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@test "dash-e on beginning of line" {
+  run cat - <<INPUT
+-e
+INPUT
+  test "$output" = "-e"
+}