diff --git a/TARGETS b/TARGETS
index 4b9460f05f..26c6d9a48c 100644
--- a/TARGETS
+++ b/TARGETS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# This file @generated by `python3 buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py`
+# This file @generated by:
+#$ python3 buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py
 # --> DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY <--
 # This file is a Facebook-specific integration for buck builds, so can
 # only be validated by Facebook employees.
diff --git a/buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py b/buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py
index f0909bc617..6dfedbce1e 100644
--- a/buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py
+++ b/buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ from util import ColorString
 # (This generates a TARGET file without user-specified dependency for unit
 # tests.)
 # $python3 buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py \
-#        '{"fake": { \
-#                      "extra_deps": [":test_dep", "//fakes/module:mock1"],  \
-#                      "extra_compiler_flags": ["-DROCKSDB_LITE", "-Os"], \
-#                  } \
+#        '{"fake": {
+#                      "extra_deps": [":test_dep", "//fakes/module:mock1"],
+#                      "extra_compiler_flags": ["-DROCKSDB_LITE", "-Os"]
+#                  }
 #         }'
 # (Generated TARGETS file has test_dep and mock1 as dependencies for RocksDB
 # unit tests, and will use the extra_compiler_flags to compile the unit test
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ def generate_targets(repo_path, deps_map):
     if src_mk is None or cc_files is None or parallel_tests is None:
         return False
 
-    TARGETS = TARGETSBuilder("%s/TARGETS" % repo_path)
+    extra_argv = ""
+    if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
+        # Heuristically quote and canonicalize whitespace for inclusion
+        # in how the file was generated.
+        extra_argv = " '{0}'".format(" ".join(sys.argv[1].split()))
+
+    TARGETS = TARGETSBuilder("%s/TARGETS" % repo_path, extra_argv)
 
     # rocksdb_lib
     TARGETS.add_library(
diff --git a/buckifier/targets_builder.py b/buckifier/targets_builder.py
index e55238b2fa..bf61b3ae1f 100644
--- a/buckifier/targets_builder.py
+++ b/buckifier/targets_builder.py
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ def pretty_list(lst, indent=8):
 
 
 class TARGETSBuilder(object):
-    def __init__(self, path):
+    def __init__(self, path, extra_argv):
         self.path = path
         self.targets_file = open(path, 'wb')
-        header = targets_cfg.rocksdb_target_header_template
+        header = targets_cfg.rocksdb_target_header_template.format(
+            extra_argv=extra_argv)
         self.targets_file.write(header.encode("utf-8"))
         self.total_lib = 0
         self.total_bin = 0
diff --git a/buckifier/targets_cfg.py b/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
index 0c20ef095c..986a75b881 100644
--- a/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
+++ b/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 rocksdb_target_header_template = \
-    """# This file \100generated by `python3 buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py`
+    """# This file \100generated by:
+#$ python3 buckifier/buckify_rocksdb.py{extra_argv}
 # --> DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY <--
 # This file is a Facebook-specific integration for buck builds, so can
 # only be validated by Facebook employees.
@@ -99,11 +100,11 @@ ROCKSDB_PREPROCESSOR_FLAGS = [
     "-I" + REPO_PATH,
 ]
 
-ROCKSDB_ARCH_PREPROCESSOR_FLAGS = {
+ROCKSDB_ARCH_PREPROCESSOR_FLAGS = {{
     "x86_64": [
         "-DHAVE_PCLMUL",
     ],
-}
+}}
 
 build_mode = read_config("fbcode", "build_mode")