diff --git a/mo b/mo
index 5fb7ca2..271627c 100755
--- a/mo
+++ b/mo
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 #                       options and arguments. This puts the content from the
 #                       template directly into an eval statement. Use with
 #                       extreme care.
+# MO_ARGS             - Arguments passed to the function,
+#                       only if MO_ALLOW_FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS is unset
 # MO_FAIL_ON_UNSET    - When set to a non-empty value, expansion of an unset
 #                       env variable will be aborted with an error.
 # MO_FALSE_IS_EMPTY   - When set to a non-empty value, the string "false"
@@ -156,14 +158,14 @@ mo() (
 moCallFunction() {
     local moArgs
 
-    moArgs=()
-
     # shellcheck disable=SC2031
     if [[ -n "${MO_ALLOW_FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS-}" ]]; then
         moArgs=$3
+        echo -n "$2" | eval "$1" "$moArgs"
+    else
+        moTrimWhitespace moArgs "$3"
+        echo -n "$2" | MO_ARGS="$moArgs" eval "$1"
     fi
-
-    echo -n "$2" | eval "$1" "$moArgs"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/function-args-read.env b/tests/function-args-read.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ff7a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/function-args-read.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+testArgs() {
+    echo "$MO_ARGS"
+}
diff --git a/tests/function-args-read.expected b/tests/function-args-read.expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee15f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/function-args-read.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+No args: [] - done
+One arg: [one] - done
+Multiple arguments: [aa bb cc 'x' " ! {[_.|] - done
+Evil: [bla; cat /etc/issue] - done
diff --git a/tests/function-args-read.template b/tests/function-args-read.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de02070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/function-args-read.template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+No args: [{{testArgs}}] - done
+One arg: [{{testArgs one}}] - done
+Multiple arguments: [{{testArgs aa bb cc 'x' " ! {[_.| }}] - done
+Evil: [{{testArgs bla; cat /etc/issue}}] - done