diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/dist/install.sh b/cmd/ipfs/dist/install.sh
index a2a29fcf1..daf7185b4 100755
--- a/cmd/ipfs/dist/install.sh
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/dist/install.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 INSTALL_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 
-bin=$INSTALL_DIR/ipfs
+bin="$INSTALL_DIR/ipfs"
 binpaths="/usr/local/bin /usr/bin"
 
 # This variable contains a nonzero length string in case the script fails