diff --git a/lisp/lib/config.el b/lisp/lib/config.el
index bb348bcb2..9cd42b80e 100644
--- a/lisp/lib/config.el
+++ b/lisp/lib/config.el
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
      (with-current-buffer
          (with-environment-variables
              (("PATH" (string-join exec-path path-separator))
-              ("EMACS" emacs-bin)
+              ("EMACS" (shell-quote-argument emacs-bin))
               ("EMACSDIR" doom-emacs-dir)
               ("DOOMDIR" doom-user-dir)
               ("DOOMLOCALDIR" doom-local-dir)