diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_wifi/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d8de09c19..63876d2be6 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if(CONFIG_ESP32_WIFI_ENABLED)
     idf_build_get_property(build_dir BUILD_DIR)
 
     set(target_name "${idf_target}")
-    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-L ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${target_name}")
+    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-L \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${target_name}\"")
 
     if(link_binary_libs)
         set(blobs coexist core espnow mesh net80211 pp smartconfig wapi)