diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Windows.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Windows.targets
index 7a03e0f150f5e7..d7f561a52edf46 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Windows.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Windows.targets
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <DirectPInvokeList Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)WindowsAPIs.txt" />
+      <DirectPInvokeList Include="&quot;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)WindowsAPIs.txt&quot;" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>