diff --git a/apacheconfig/loader.py b/apacheconfig/loader.py
index 815f1d2..4b02ded 100644
--- a/apacheconfig/loader.py
+++ b/apacheconfig/loader.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def _dumpdict(self, obj, indent=0, continue_tag=False):
 
         for key, val in obj.items():
             if isinstance(val, six.text_type):
-                if val.isalnum():
+                if val.isalnum() or ' ' in val:
                     text += '%s%s %s\n' % (spacing, key, val)
                 else:
                     text += '%s%s "%s"\n' % (spacing, key, val)