diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1620-terraform_init_reconfigure_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1620-terraform_init_reconfigure_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b8bab8f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1620-terraform_init_reconfigure_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- terraform - fix ``init_reconfigure`` option for proper CLI args (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1620).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
index e7e3ae898f..9e8834821c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def init_plugins(bin_path, project_path, backend_config, backend_config_files, i
         for f in backend_config_files:
             command.extend(['-backend-config', f])
     if init_reconfigure:
-        command.extend('-reconfigure')
+        command.extend(['-reconfigure'])
     rc, out, err = module.run_command(command, cwd=project_path)
     if rc != 0:
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed to initialize Terraform modules:\r\n{0}".format(err))