diff --git a/src/bun.js/api/bun/process.zig b/src/bun.js/api/bun/process.zig
index 699734afcd8c58..885496d73ee80b 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/api/bun/process.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/api/bun/process.zig
@@ -1509,13 +1509,26 @@ pub fn spawnProcessWindows(
     bun.Analytics.Features.spawn += 1;
 
     var uv_process_options = std.mem.zeroes(uv.uv_process_options_t);
-
-    uv_process_options.args = argv;
     uv_process_options.env = envp;
-    uv_process_options.file = options.argv0 orelse argv[0].?;
-    uv_process_options.exit_cb = &Process.onExitUV;
     var stack_allocator = std.heap.stackFallback(8192, bun.default_allocator);
     const allocator = stack_allocator.get();
+
+    var file = options.argv0 orelse argv[0].?;
+    var args = argv;
+    var force_verbatim_arguments = false;
+    if (!bun.strings.eqlComptime(std.fs.path.extension(std.mem.sliceTo(file, 0)), ".exe")) {
+        force_verbatim_arguments = true;
+        file = "cmd.exe";
+        const args_slice = std.mem.span(args);
+        args = try allocator.allocSentinel(?[*:0]const u8, args_slice.len + 2, null);
+        args[0..2].* = .{ file, "/c" };
+        args[2] = std.fmt.allocPrintZ(allocator, "\"{?s}\"", .{args_slice[0]}) catch unreachable;
+        @memcpy(args[3..], args_slice[1..]);
+    }
+    uv_process_options.file = file;
+    uv_process_options.args = args;
+
+    uv_process_options.exit_cb = &Process.onExitUV;
     const loop = options.windows.loop.platformEventLoop().uv_loop;
 
     const cwd = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, options.cwd);
@@ -1540,7 +1553,7 @@ pub fn spawnProcessWindows(
         uv_process_options.flags |= uv.UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE;
     }
 
-    if (options.windows.verbatim_arguments) {
+    if (options.windows.verbatim_arguments or force_verbatim_arguments) {
         uv_process_options.flags |= uv.UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts b/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
index 6e4588fcedb408..9d44be36bfd812 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
@@ -833,6 +833,11 @@ ${temp_dir}`
       .stdout("complex > command; $(execute)\n")
       .runAsTest("complex_mixed_special_chars");
   });
+
+  test("spaces in path and args", async () => {
+    const fields = "name scripts";
+    expect(async () => { await $`npm pkg get ${fields}` }).not.toThrow();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("deno_task", () => {