diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1327577f0f6..3d457c453d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ else()
   set(HTML_SEARCH_STR "\'</body>\|</html>\|</div> <!-- end container -->\'")
   set(sep ":")
   set(grass_env_command
-    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env "PATH=${BIN_DIR}${sep}${SCRIPTS_DIR}${sep}${env_path}"
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env "PATH=\"${BIN_DIR}${sep}${SCRIPTS_DIR}${sep}${env_path}\""
     "PYTHONPATH=${ETC_PYTHON_DIR}${sep}${GUI_WXPYTHON_DIR}${sep}$ENV{PYTHONPATH}"
     "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIB_DIR}${sep}$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     "GISBASE=${RUN_GISBASE_NATIVE}" "GISRC=${GISRC}" "LC_ALL=C" "LANG=C"