diff --git a/core/autoload/help.el b/core/autoload/help.el
index a35df2bcf..75b5b07ec 100644
--- a/core/autoload/help.el
+++ b/core/autoload/help.el
@@ -633,7 +633,11 @@ config blocks in your private config."
   (unless (executable-find "rg")
     (user-error "Can't find ripgrep on your system"))
   (if (fboundp 'counsel-rg)
-      (let ((counsel-rg-base-command (append counsel-rg-base-command dirs)))
+      (let ((counsel-rg-base-command
+             (if (stringp counsel-rg-base-command)
+                 (format counsel-rg-base-command
+                         (concat "%s " (mapconcat #'shell-quote-argument dirs " ")))
+               (append counsel-rg-base-command dirs))))
         (counsel-rg query nil "-Lz" prompt))
     ;; TODO Add helm support?
     (grep-find