diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index c595f20fe2..c9976e4be8 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ def WriteSources(
             includes = config.get("include_dirs")
             if includes:
                 includes = [Sourceify(self.Absolutify(i)) for i in includes]
-            self.WriteList(includes, "INCS_%s" % configname, prefix="-I")
+            self.WriteList(includes, "INCS_%s" % configname, prefix="-I", quoter=EscapeShellArgument)
 
         compilable = list(filter(Compilable, sources))
         objs = [self.Objectify(self.Absolutify(Target(c))) for c in compilable]