diff --git a/qad/QADDeploy.cmake b/qad/QADDeploy.cmake
index ecefa72..5d230cf 100644
--- a/qad/QADDeploy.cmake
+++ b/qad/QADDeploy.cmake
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ macro(make_rc _T _out)
 # else
 #  include <winver.h>
 # endif
-1 ICON ${WINDOWS_RC_ICON}
+1 ICON \"${WINDOWS_RC_ICON}\"
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
 PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0