diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index 25302ee5..a6ed985f 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export const parseCmdLine = (cmdLine: string): string[] => {
   const parts = cmdLine.match(cmdSplitRegex) || [];
   // clean up command
   if (parts.length > 0 && parts[0]) {
-    parts[0] = removeSurroundingQuote(normalize(parts[0]));
+    parts[0] = normalize(removeSurroundingQuote(parts[0]));
   }
   return parts;
 };
diff --git a/tests/helpers.test.ts b/tests/helpers.test.ts
index c777f880..ceac93c8 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.test.ts
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ describe('platform-specific tests', () => {
       ${true}  | ${'\\absolute\\jest --runInBand'}                             | ${{ cmd: '\\absolute\\jest', args: ['--runInBand'], program: '\\absolute\\jest' }}
       ${true}  | ${'"\\dir with space\\jest" --arg1=1 --arg2 2 "some string"'} | ${{ cmd: '\\dir with space\\jest', args: ['--arg1=1', '--arg2', '2', '"some string"'], program: '\\dir with space\\jest' }}
       ${true}  | ${'c:\\jest --arg1 "escaped \\"this\\" string" --arg2 2'}     | ${{ cmd: 'c:\\jest', args: ['--arg1', '"escaped \\"this\\" string"', '--arg2', '2'], program: 'c:\\jest' }}
+      ${true}  | ${'"c:\\jest" --arg1 "escaped \\"this\\" string" --arg2 2'}   | ${{ cmd: 'c:\\jest', args: ['--arg1', '"escaped \\"this\\" string"', '--arg2', '2'], program: 'c:\\jest' }}
+      ${true}  | ${`'c:\\jest' --arg1 "escaped \\"this\\" string" --arg2 2`}   | ${{ cmd: 'c:\\jest', args: ['--arg1', '"escaped \\"this\\" string"', '--arg2', '2'], program: 'c:\\jest' }}
     `('$cmdLine', ({ cmdLine, expected, isWin32 }) => {
       if (!canRunTest(isWin32)) {
         return;