diff --git a/OMCompiler/Compiler/Script/CevalScriptBackend.mo b/OMCompiler/Compiler/Script/CevalScriptBackend.mo
index 32e1df1bdc4..5562e7a0da2 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/Compiler/Script/CevalScriptBackend.mo
+++ b/OMCompiler/Compiler/Script/CevalScriptBackend.mo
@@ -3873,7 +3873,7 @@ algorithm
     ext := if Autoconf.os == "Windows_NT" then ".exe" else "";
     if encrypt then
       // create the path till packagetool
-      packageTool := stringAppendList({omhome,pd,"lib",pd,"omc",pd,"SEMLA",pd,"packagetool",ext});
+      packageTool := stringAppendList({"\"",omhome,pd,"lib",pd,"omc",pd,"SEMLA",pd,"packagetool",ext,"\""});
       if System.regularFileExists(packageTool) then
         // create the list of arguments for packagetool
         packageToolArgs := "-librarypath \"" + System.dirname(fileName) + "\" -version \"1.0\" -language \"3.2\" -encrypt \"" + boolString(encrypt) + "\"";