diff --git a/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c b/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
index d5901c09ec..50756f58b5 100644
--- a/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
+++ b/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 		/* set the default exe module */
 		wcscpy(exe, exepath);
-		wcscpy(buffer, exepath);
+		swprintf(buffer, BUFSIZE, L"\"%s\"", exepath);
 		PathAppend(exe, msystem_bin);
 		PathAppend(exe, L"wish.exe");
 		if (_waccess(exe, 0) != -1)