diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix
index 6e7f0f3d517..1e34b7918da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --add-flags "-cp $out/share/java/jameica.jar:$out/share/jameica-${version}/* ${
         lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''-Xdock:name="Jameica" -XstartOnFirstThread''
       } de.willuhn.jameica.Main" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs} \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.escapeShellArg (lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs)} \
       --chdir "$out/share/java/"
   '';