diff --git a/recipes/org-mode.rcp b/recipes/org-mode.rcp
index 2a2b4c4e..0200b125 100644
--- a/recipes/org-mode.rcp
+++ b/recipes/org-mode.rcp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        :info "doc"
        :build `,(mapcar
                  (lambda (target)
-                   (concat "make " target " EMACS=" el-get-emacs))
+                   (list "make" target (concat "EMACS=" (shell-quote-argument el-get-emacs))))
                  '("clean" "all"))
        :load-path ("." "lisp" "contrib/lisp")
        :autoloads nil