1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua
index 7535d679..84ac369c 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ local md5_cmd = {
 function get_md5(file)
    local cmd = md5_cmd[cfg.md5checker]
    if not cmd then return nil, "no MD5 checker command configured" end
-   local pipe = io.popen(cmd.." "..fs.absolute_name(file))
+   local pipe = io.popen(cmd.." "..fs.Q(fs.absolute_name(file)))
    local computed = pipe:read("*a")
    pipe:close()
    if computed then