diff --git a/scons.json b/scons.json
index bf6d1fe1f4..3b11dd288d 100644
--- a/scons.json
+++ b/scons.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "version": "3.0.1",
     "url": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons-local/3.0.1/scons-local-3.0.1.zip",
     "hash": "4ab1f274015287744a497dcbd522ff1446f28d3de9aad630aac37042a16f7bde",
-    "pre_install": "echo \"python $dir\\scons.py @args\" | out-file $dir\\scons.ps1",
+    "pre_install": "echo \"python '$dir\\scons.py' @args\" | out-file '$dir\\scons.ps1'",
     "bin": [
         "scons.ps1"
     ],