diff --git a/pisi/util.py b/pisi/util.py
index 7702cc6c..aff8e0fa 100644
--- a/pisi/util.py
+++ b/pisi/util.py
@@ -492,12 +492,12 @@ def do_patch(sourceDir, patchFile, level = 0):
         if not os.path.exists(patchesDir):
             os.makedirs(patchesDir)
         # Import original patch into quilt tree
-        (ret, out, err) = run_batch('quilt import -p %d -n %s %s' % (level, os.path.basename(patchFile), patchFile))
+        (ret, out, err) = run_batch('quilt import -p %d -n %s \"%s\"' % (level, os.path.basename(patchFile), patchFile))
         # run quilt push to apply original patch into tree
         (ret, out, err) = run_batch('quilt push')
     else:
         # run GNU patch to apply original patch into tree
-        (ret, out, err) = run_batch("patch -p%d < %s" %
+        (ret, out, err) = run_batch("patch -p%d < \"%s\"" %
                                     (level, patchFile))
     if ret:
         if out is None and err is None: