diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote
index 7c109a69..73de1088 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ case "$state_should" in
          remove_entry
       fi
       cat << DONE
-cat >> "$config" << ${__type##*/}_DONE
+cat >> "$config" << "${__type##*/}_DONE"
 $(cat "$entry")
 ${__type##*/}_DONE
 DONE
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional
index 792b42c5..410482b8 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ unpriv
 chroot
 wakeup
 maxproc
-option
 comment
 state
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional_multiple b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional_multiple
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01925a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/parameter/optional_multiple
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option