diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 046199b35..5a460ee8e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ IF(MSVC)
 		#MESSAGE("MSVC_INCREMENTAL_DEFAULT"+${MSVC_INCREMENTAL_DEFAULT})
 		SET( MSVC_INCREMENTAL_YES_FLAG "/INCREMENTAL:NO")
 
-		STRING(REPLACE "INCREMENTAL:YES" "INCREMENTAL:NO" replacementFlags ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG})
+		STRING(REPLACE "INCREMENTAL:YES" "INCREMENTAL:NO" replacementFlags "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
 		SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "/INCREMENTAL:NO ${replacementFlags}" )
 		MESSAGE("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
 
-		STRING(REPLACE "INCREMENTAL:YES" "INCREMENTAL:NO" replacementFlags2 ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS})
+		STRING(REPLACE "INCREMENTAL:YES" "INCREMENTAL:NO" replacementFlags2 "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 
 		SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${replacementFlag2})
 		STRING(REPLACE "INCREMENTAL:YES" "" replacementFlags3 "${CMAKE_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS}")