diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
index aab032928cc..d6e49a93c58 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ rec {
       cd $out
       ${lib.concatMapStrings (x: ''
           mkdir -p "$(dirname ${lib.escapeShellArg x.name})"
-          ln -s ${x.path} ${lib.escapeShellArg x.name}
+          ln -s ${lib.escapeShellArg "${x.path}"} ${lib.escapeShellArg x.name}
       '') entries}
     '';