diff --git a/opts/quotedstring.go b/opts/quotedstring.go
index 8ddeee8085..fb1e5374bc 100644
--- a/opts/quotedstring.go
+++ b/opts/quotedstring.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package opts
 
 // QuotedString is a string that may have extra quotes around the value. The
 // quotes are stripped from the value.
-type QuotedString string
+type QuotedString struct {
+	value *string
+}
 
 // Set sets a new value
 func (s *QuotedString) Set(val string) error {
-	*s = QuotedString(trimQuotes(val))
+	*s.value = trimQuotes(val)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ func (s *QuotedString) Type() string {
 }
 
 func (s *QuotedString) String() string {
-	return string(*s)
+	return string(*s.value)
 }
 
 func trimQuotes(value string) string {
@@ -28,3 +30,8 @@ func trimQuotes(value string) string {
 	}
 	return value
 }
+
+// NewQuotedString returns a new quoted string option
+func NewQuotedString(value *string) *QuotedString {
+	return &QuotedString{value: value}
+}
diff --git a/opts/quotedstring_test.go b/opts/quotedstring_test.go
index a508b9d210..0ebf04bbe0 100644
--- a/opts/quotedstring_test.go
+++ b/opts/quotedstring_test.go
@@ -6,19 +6,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestQuotedStringSetWithQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	qs := QuotedString("")
+	value := ""
+	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
 	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set("\"something\""))
 	assert.Equal(t, qs.String(), "something")
+	assert.Equal(t, value, "something")
 }
 
 func TestQuotedStringSetWithMismatchedQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	qs := QuotedString("")
+	value := ""
+	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
 	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set("\"something'"))
 	assert.Equal(t, qs.String(), "\"something'")
 }
 
 func TestQuotedStringSetWithNoQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	qs := QuotedString("")
+	value := ""
+	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
 	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set("something"))
 	assert.Equal(t, qs.String(), "something")
 }