diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
index 5e3c3bc37c6..f941ab05e28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sqitch/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
   dontStrip = true;
   postFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/sqitch --prefix PERL5LIB : ${perlPackages.makeFullPerlPath modules}
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/sqitch --prefix PERL5LIB : ${lib.escapeShellArg (perlPackages.makeFullPerlPath modules)}
   '';
 
   meta = {