diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
index fa3a50bc535..48a08f51844 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ in runCommand podman.name {
   ln -s ${podman-unwrapped}/share $out/share
   makeWrapper ${podman-unwrapped}/bin/podman $out/bin/podman \
     --set CONTAINERS_HELPER_BINARY_DIR ${helpersBin}/bin \
-    --prefix PATH : ${binPath}
+    --prefix PATH : ${lib.escapeShellArg binPath}
 ''