diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/vfs/getquotacommand.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/vfs/getquotacommand.xml
index 7fcd829f50c..9422b7efd92 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/vfs/getquotacommand.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/vfs/getquotacommand.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <samba:parameter name="get quota command"
                  context="G"
-				 type="string"
+                 type="string"
+                 substitution="1"
                  xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
 <description>
 	<para>The <command>get quota command</command> should only be used 
diff --git a/source3/lib/sysquotas.c b/source3/lib/sysquotas.c
index 66436e86efd..3e91752b6b6 100644
--- a/source3/lib/sysquotas.c
+++ b/source3/lib/sysquotas.c
@@ -244,10 +244,12 @@ static struct {
 
 static int command_get_quota(const char *path, enum SMB_QUOTA_TYPE qtype, unid_t id, SMB_DISK_QUOTA *dp)
 {
+	const struct loadparm_substitution *lp_sub =
+		loadparm_s3_global_substitution();
 	const char *get_quota_command;
 	char **lines = NULL;
 
-	get_quota_command = lp_get_quota_command(talloc_tos());
+	get_quota_command = lp_get_quota_command(talloc_tos(), lp_sub);
 	if (get_quota_command && *get_quota_command) {
 		const char *p;
 		char *p2;