diff --git a/pkg/options/options_suite_test.go b/pkg/options/options_suite_test.go
index 151b9d0..f059530 100644
--- a/pkg/options/options_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/options/options_suite_test.go
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Test parsing SSHArgs", func() {
 			[]string{"arg1", "arg2", "arg3"},
 		),
 		Entry("not split by whitespace inside quotes",
-			"arg1 arg2 ProxyCommand=\"cmd\"",
-			[]string{"arg1", "arg2", "ProxyCommand=\"cmd\""},
+			"arg1 arg2 ProxyCommand=\\\"arg1 arg2\\\"",
+			[]string{"arg1", "arg2", "ProxyCommand=\"arg1 arg2\""},
 		),
 		Entry("not split by comma",
-			"arg1,arg2 ProxyCommand=\"cmd\"",
-			[]string{"arg1,arg2", "ProxyCommand=\"cmd\""},
+			"arg1,arg2",
+			[]string{"arg1,arg2"},
+		),
+		Entry("real world example",
+			"ssh -i ~/yandex -o ProxyCommand=\\\"ssh -W %h:%p -i ~/yandex ubuntu@static-node-1.ydb-cluster.com\\\"",
+			[]string{"ssh", "-i", "~/yandex", "-o", "ProxyCommand=\"ssh -W %h:%p -i ~/yandex ubuntu@static-node-1.ydb-cluster.com\""},
 		),
 	)
 })
diff --git a/pkg/options/restart.go b/pkg/options/restart.go
index 3682dd3..e6476db 100644
--- a/pkg/options/restart.go
+++ b/pkg/options/restart.go
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ func (o *RestartOptions) DefineFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&rawSSHUnparsedArgs, "ssh-args", "",
 		`This argument will be used when ssh-ing to the nodes. It may be used to override 
 the ssh command itself, ssh username or any additional arguments.
-E.g.:
-	--ssh-args=pssh,-A,-J,<some jump host>,--yc-profile,<YC profile name>`)
+Double quotes are can be escaped with backward slash '\'.
+Examples:
+1) --ssh-args "pssh -A -J <some jump host> --yc-profile <YC profile name>"
+2) --ssh-args "ssh -o ProxyCommand=\"...\""`)
 
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&o.Hosts, "hosts", o.Hosts,
 		`Restart only specified hosts. You can specify a list of host FQDNs or a list of node ids, 
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ func parseSSHArgs(rawArgs string) []string {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if unicode.IsSpace(rawRunes[i]) {
+		if unicode.IsSpace(rawRunes[i]) && !isInsideQuotes {
 			if len(curArg) > 0 {
 				args = append(args, string(curArg))
 			}