diff --git a/lib/gs.py b/lib/gs.py
index 548de2d..c63b4ae 100644
--- a/lib/gs.py
+++ b/lib/gs.py
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@
       raise TypeError('"recurse" has been renamed to "recursive"')
     if recursive:
       cmd.append('-R')
+    cmd.append('--')
     cmd.append(path)
     try:
       self.DoCommand(cmd, **kwargs)
diff --git a/lib/gs_unittest.py b/lib/gs_unittest.py
index 73867f4..db323b0 100644
--- a/lib/gs_unittest.py
+++ b/lib/gs_unittest.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
 
   def testMissing(self):
     """Test behavior w/missing files."""
-    self.gs_mock.AddCmdResult(['rm', 'gs://foo/bar'],
+    self.gs_mock.AddCmdResult(['rm', '--', 'gs://foo/bar'],
                               error='CommandException: No URLs matched: '
                                     'gs://foo/bar',
                               returncode=1)