diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 9836e6b7ca..e8a07c95e1 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ static void print_path(const char *path)
 	int need_quote = quote_c_style(path, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	if (need_quote)
 		quote_c_style(path, NULL, stdout, 0);
+	else if (strchr(path, ' '))
+		printf("\"%s\"", path);
 	else
 		printf("%s", path);
 }
diff --git a/t/t9350-fast-export.sh b/t/t9350-fast-export.sh
index 950d0ff498..79deef9887 100755
--- a/t/t9350-fast-export.sh
+++ b/t/t9350-fast-export.sh
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fast-export quotes pathnames' '
 	 git commit -m rename &&
 	 git read-tree --empty &&
 	 git commit -m deletion &&
-	 git fast-export HEAD >export.out &&
+	 git fast-export -M HEAD >export.out &&
 	 git rev-list HEAD >expect &&
 	 git init result &&
 	 cd result &&