diff --git a/runhouse/resources/packages/package.py b/runhouse/resources/packages/package.py
index 54cbcb4e4..5f434e595 100644
--- a/runhouse/resources/packages/package.py
+++ b/runhouse/resources/packages/package.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def _pip_install_cmd(
                 f"{str(Path(self.install_target.local_path).absolute())}" + install_args
             )
         else:
-            install_cmd = self.install_target + install_args
+            install_cmd = f'"{self.install_target}" {install_args}'
 
         install_cmd = f"pip install {self._install_cmd_for_torch(install_cmd, cluster)}"
         install_cmd = self._prepend_python_executable(