diff --git a/src/tools/convertRelease.pl b/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
index fd6a527c5..c06a8ee68 100644
--- a/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
+++ b/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
@@ -119,15 +119,14 @@ sub dllPath {
     unlink $outfile;
     open(OUT, ">$outfile") or die "$! creating $outfile";
     print OUT "\@ECHO OFF\n";
-    print OUT "PATH ", join(';', binDirs(), '%PATH%'), "\n";
+    print OUT "PATH \"", join(';', binDirs(), '%PATH%'), "\"\n";
     close OUT;
 }
 
 sub relPaths {
     unlink $outfile;
     open(OUT, ">$outfile") or die "$! creating $outfile";
-    print OUT "export PATH=",
-        join(':', map {m/\s/ ? "\"$_\"" : $_ } binDirs(), '$PATH'), "\n";
+    print OUT "export PATH=\"", join(':', binDirs(), '$PATH'), "\"\n";
     close OUT;
 }