diff --git a/developer/bin/list_ids_in_pkg b/developer/bin/list_ids_in_pkg
index a7a2fff687..5da3a7fee7 100755
--- a/developer/bin/list_ids_in_pkg
+++ b/developer/bin/list_ids_in_pkg
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mark_up_sources () {
 _list_ids_in_pkg () {
 
     tmpdir=`/usr/bin/mktemp -d -t list_ids_in_pkg`
-    trap "/bin/rm -rf '$tmpdir'" EXIT
+    trap "/bin/rm -rf -- '$tmpdir'" EXIT
 
     /usr/sbin/pkgutil --expand "$1" "$tmpdir/unpack"
 
diff --git a/developer/bin/production_brew_cask b/developer/bin/production_brew_cask
index 318f280389..15fbb76bac 100755
--- a/developer/bin/production_brew_cask
+++ b/developer/bin/production_brew_cask
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ not_inside_homebrew () {
 
 remove_dev_links () {
     local tap_dir="$1"
-    /bin/rm rubylib Casks
+    /bin/rm -- rubylib Casks
     /bin/mv -- production_rubylib rubylib
     /bin/mv -- production_Casks   Casks
     cd "$tap_dir"
-    /bin/rm lib Casks
+    /bin/rm -- lib Casks
     /bin/mv -- production_lib   lib
     /bin/mv -- production_Casks Casks
     printf "brew-cask is now in production mode\n"
diff --git a/lib/cask/artifact/pkg.rb b/lib/cask/artifact/pkg.rb
index 447c4ab649..44c5fb8a99 100644
--- a/lib/cask/artifact/pkg.rb
+++ b/lib/cask/artifact/pkg.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Cask::Artifact::Pkg < Cask::Artifact::Base
     if uninstall_options.key? :files
       uninstall_options[:files].each do |file|
         ohai "Removing file #{file}"
-        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => ['-rf', file], :sudo => true)
+        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => ['-rf', '--', file], :sudo => true)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/cask/pkg.rb b/lib/cask/pkg.rb
index 9944e0559e..366b8e9960 100644
--- a/lib/cask/pkg.rb
+++ b/lib/cask/pkg.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Cask::Pkg
   def uninstall
     odebug "Deleting pkg files"
     list('files').each_slice(500) do |file_slice|
-      @command.run('/bin/rm', :args => file_slice.unshift('-f'), :sudo => true)
+      @command.run('/bin/rm', :args => file_slice.unshift('-f', '--'), :sudo => true)
     end
     odebug "Deleting pkg directories"
     _deepest_path_first(list('dirs')).each do |dir|
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ class Cask::Pkg
   def _clean_broken_symlinks(dir)
     dir.children.each do |child|
       if _broken_symlink?(child)
-        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => [child], :sudo => true)
+        @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => ['--', child], :sudo => true)
       end
     end
   end
 
   def _clean_ds_store(dir)
     ds_store = dir.join('.DS_Store')
-    @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => [ds_store], :sudo => true) if ds_store.exist?
+    @command.run!('/bin/rm', :args => ['--', ds_store], :sudo => true) if ds_store.exist?
   end
 
   def _broken_symlink?(path)