diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/packaging/tasks/Jpackage.java b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/packaging/tasks/Jpackage.java
index 2cb0d7d..0ce3d54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/packaging/tasks/Jpackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/packaging/tasks/Jpackage.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ private void configureJPackageArguments(ExecSpec e, Directory resourcesDir) {
     private String createArgsFile(String modulePathAsPath) {
         Path argsFile = getTemporaryDir().toPath().resolve("args.txt");
         List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>(1);
-        lines.add("--module-path " + modulePathAsPath);
+        lines.add("--module-path \"" + modulePathAsPath + "\"");
         try {
             Files.write(argsFile, lines);
         } catch (IOException e) {