diff --git a/src/actions/make/_make.lua b/src/actions/make/_make.lua
index b1803ac41a..7da88ec99f 100644
--- a/src/actions/make/_make.lua
+++ b/src/actions/make/_make.lua
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
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 	function make.objdir(cfg)
-		_x('  OBJDIR = %s', project.getrelative(cfg.project, cfg.objdir))
+		_x('  OBJDIR = %s', premake.esc(project.getrelative(cfg.project, cfg.objdir)))
 	end