diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a39e2885..70768ca9 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -121,17 +121,31 @@ nvm_download() {
     command curl --fail --compressed -q "$@"
   elif nvm_has_executable "wget"; then
     # Emulate curl with wget
-    ARGS=$(nvm_echo "$@" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
-                            -e 's/--compressed //' \
-                            -e 's/--fail //' \
-                            -e 's/-L //' \
-                            -e 's/-I /--server-response /' \
-                            -e 's/-s /-q /' \
-                            -e 's/-sS /-nv /' \
-                            -e 's/-o /-O /' \
-                            -e 's/-C - /-c /')
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    eval command wget $ARGS
+    local NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_COUNT
+    NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_COUNT=$#
+    local NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_SKIP
+    NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_SKIP=0
+    local NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_ARG
+    for NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_ARG in "$@"; do
+      if [ "${NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_SKIP}" = '1' ]; then
+        NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_SKIP=0
+        continue
+      fi
+      case "${NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_ARG}" in
+        '--progress-bar') set -- "$@" '--progress=bar' ;;
+        '--compressed') : ;;
+        '--fail') : ;;
+        '-L') : ;;
+        '-I') set -- "$@" '--server-response' ;;
+        '-s') set -- "$@" '-q' ;;
+        '-sS') set -- "$@" '-nv' ;;
+        '-o') set -- "$@" '-O' ;;
+        '-C') NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_SKIP=1; set -- "$@" '-c' ;;
+        *) set -- "$@" "${NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_ARG}" ;;
+      esac
+    done
+    shift "${NVM_DOWNLOAD_WGET_COUNT}"
+    command wget "$@"
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/test/install_script/nvm_download_no_eval_injection b/test/install_script/nvm_download_no_eval_injection
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b409dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/install_script/nvm_download_no_eval_injection
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+OLDPATH="$PATH"
+WORK="$PWD/nvm_download-noeval-work.$$"
+TEST_BIN="$WORK/bin"
+ARGV_LOG="$WORK/argv.log"
+PROOF="$WORK/nvm_injection_proof"
+
+cleanup() {
+  unset -f die cleanup
+  rm -rf "$WORK"
+  export PATH="$OLDPATH"
+}
+die () { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+NVM_ENV=testing \. ../../install.sh
+
+mkdir -p "$TEST_BIN"
+
+# fake curl/wget: record each received argument verbatim, then succeed
+{
+  echo '#!/bin/sh'
+  echo ': > "$ARGV_LOG"'
+  echo 'for a in "$@"; do printf "%s\n" "$a" >> "$ARGV_LOG"; done'
+  echo 'exit 0'
+} > "$TEST_BIN/curl"
+chmod +x "$TEST_BIN/curl"
+cp "$TEST_BIN/curl" "$TEST_BIN/wget"
+
+# the wget-path calls below restrict PATH to $TEST_BIN so that no real curl is
+# found; link sed and touch in so that a regression to the old sed|eval
+# implementation fails this test by actually injecting, rather than by failing
+# to find the binaries the injection needs
+ln -s "$(command -v sed)" "$TEST_BIN/sed"
+ln -s "$(command -v touch)" "$TEST_BIN/touch"
+
+export ARGV_LOG
+export PATH="$TEST_BIN:$OLDPATH"
+
+URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/HEAD/nvm.sh"
+
+# given a url containing command-substitution syntax
+INJECT_URL="http://example.test/v1\$(touch ${PROOF})/x"
+
+# when nvm_download is invoked (curl path)
+rm -f "$PROOF"
+nvm_download "$INJECT_URL" -o - || die 'nvm_download (curl) returned nonzero on injection url'
+# then the substitution must not have executed
+[ ! -e "$PROOF" ] || die "command injection fired via curl path: proof file was created"
+# and curl must have received the url as one literal argument
+grep -Fxq "$INJECT_URL" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "curl did not receive the url as a single literal argument; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+# given curl is unavailable (the wget-path calls run with PATH limited to our
+# fake wget, so neither the fake nor the system curl is found)
+rm -f "$TEST_BIN/curl"
+
+# when nvm_download is invoked with the injection url (wget path)
+rm -f "$PROOF"
+( PATH="$TEST_BIN"; export PATH; nvm_download "$INJECT_URL" -o - ) || die 'nvm_download (wget) returned nonzero on injection url'
+# then the substitution must not have executed
+[ ! -e "$PROOF" ] || die "command injection fired via wget path: proof file was created"
+grep -Fxq "$INJECT_URL" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not receive the url as a single literal argument; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+# given an output path containing a space, as a real $NVM_DIR may
+SPACED_DIR="$WORK/dir with space"
+SPACED="$SPACED_DIR/nvm.sh"
+mkdir -p "$SPACED_DIR"
+
+# when nvm_download is invoked with it (wget path)
+( PATH="$TEST_BIN"; export PATH; nvm_download -s "$URL" -o "$SPACED" ) || die 'nvm_download (wget) returned nonzero on spaced output path'
+# then wget receives it as one argument rather than word-split
+grep -Fxq "$SPACED" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not receive the spaced output path as a single argument; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+# given a url with an ampersand in its query string, as a real mirror may
+AMP_URL="http://example.test/nvm.sh?a=1&b=2"
+
+# when nvm_download is invoked with it (wget path)
+( PATH="$TEST_BIN"; export PATH; nvm_download -s "$AMP_URL" -o - ) || die 'nvm_download (wget) returned nonzero on ampersand url'
+# then the url is passed intact rather than backgrounding the command
+grep -Fxq "$AMP_URL" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not receive the ampersand url intact; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+# when invoked with -L -C - --progress-bar URL -o FILE (wget path)
+FILE="$WORK/target"
+( PATH="$TEST_BIN"; export PATH; nvm_download -L -C - --progress-bar "$URL" -o "$FILE" ) || die 'nvm_download (wget) returned nonzero on normal url'
+# then flags are translated to wget equivalents
+grep -Fxqe "-c" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not translate -C - to -c; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+grep -Fxqe "--progress=bar" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not translate --progress-bar; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+grep -Fxqe "-O" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not translate -o to -O; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+grep -Fxqe "-L" "$ARGV_LOG" && die "wget should drop -L; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+grep -Fxqe "-C" "$ARGV_LOG" && die "wget should not pass -C through; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+grep -Fxqe "-" "$ARGV_LOG" && die "wget should drop the lone - after -C; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+# when invoked with -s (wget path)
+( PATH="$TEST_BIN"; export PATH; nvm_download -s "$URL" -o "$FILE" ) || die 'nvm_download (wget) returned nonzero on -s url'
+# then -s becomes -q
+grep -Fxqe "-q" "$ARGV_LOG" || die "wget did not translate -s to -q; got: $(cat "$ARGV_LOG")"
+
+cleanup
+echo "nvm_download no eval injection: passed"