diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
index 04984212b24..431d2dae4f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in symlinkJoin {
   postBuild = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/vdr \
       --add-flags "-L $out/lib/vdr --localedir=$out/share/locale" \
-      --prefix XINE_PLUGIN_PATH ":" ${makeXinePluginPath requiredXinePlugins}
+      --prefix XINE_PLUGIN_PATH ":" ${lib.escapeShellArg (makeXinePluginPath requiredXinePlugins)}
   '';
 
   meta = with vdr.meta; {