diff --git a/Modules/CMakeCommonLanguageInclude.cmake b/Modules/CMakeCommonLanguageInclude.cmake
index 237f8ddec..a2929f1ea 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeCommonLanguageInclude.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeCommonLanguageInclude.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # cache values that can be initialized in the platform-compiler.cmake file
 # it may be included by more than one language.
 
-SET (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}
+SET (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}"
      CACHE STRING "Flags used by the linker.")
 
 
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_NOT_USING_CONFIG_FLAGS)
 
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_NOT_USING_CONFIG_FLAGS)
 # shared linker flags
-SET (CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}
+SET (CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}"
      CACHE STRING "Flags used by the linker during the creation of dll's.")
 
 # module linker flags
-SET (CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}
+SET (CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} $ENV{LDFLAGS}"
      CACHE STRING "Flags used by the linker during the creation of modules.")
 
 SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} CACHE INTERNAL