diff --git a/mitmproxy/addons/script.py b/mitmproxy/addons/script.py
index 2d0303215..0a5243591 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/addons/script.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/addons/script.py
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ class Script:
     def __init__(self, path):
         self.name = "scriptmanager:" + path
         self.path = path
-        self.fullpath = os.path.expanduser(path)
+        self.fullpath = os.path.expanduser(
+            path.strip("'\" ")
+        )
         self.ns = None
 
         self.last_load = 0
         self.last_mtime = 0
         if not os.path.isfile(self.fullpath):
-            raise exceptions.OptionsError("No such script: %s" % path)
+            raise exceptions.OptionsError('No such script: "%s"' % self.fullpath)
 
     @property
     def addons(self):
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_script.py b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_script.py
index c4fe6b430..78a5be6cf 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_script.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_script.py
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ class TestScript:
             with pytest.raises(exceptions.OptionsError):
                 script.Script("nonexistent")
 
+    def test_quotes_around_filename(self):
+        """
+        Test that a script specified as '"foo.py"' works to support the calling convention of
+        mitmproxy 2.0, as e.g. used by Cuckoo Sandbox.
+        """
+        path = tutils.test_data.path("mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/recorder/recorder.py")
+
+        s = script.Script(
+            '"{}"'.format(path)
+        )
+        assert '"' not in s.fullpath
+
     def test_simple(self):
         with taddons.context() as tctx:
             sc = script.Script(