diff --git a/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
index 184c4894b9..8515b0f55e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if(HAVE_WORKING_LIBINTL AND GETTEXT_FOUND AND XGETTEXT_PRG AND ICONV_PRG)
         -DXGETTEXT_PRG=${XGETTEXT_PRG}
         -DPOT_FILE=${NVIM_POT}
         -DSEARCH_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-        "'-DSOURCES=${NEOVIM_RELATIVE_SOURCES}'"
+        "\"-DSOURCES=${NEOVIM_RELATIVE_SOURCES}\""
         -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/RunXgettext.cmake
     DEPENDS ${NEOVIM_SOURCES})