diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
index 68e174f1a..f7312827a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/xcodebackend.py
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ class XCodeBackend(backends.Backend):
                 typestr = self.get_xcodetype(s)
                 custom_dict.add_item('isa', 'PBXFileReference')
                 custom_dict.add_item('explicitFileType', '"' + typestr + '"')
-                custom_dict.add_item('name', s)
-                custom_dict.add_item('path', s)
+                custom_dict.add_item('name', f'"{s}"')
+                custom_dict.add_item('path', f'"{s}"')
                 custom_dict.add_item('refType', 0)
                 custom_dict.add_item('sourceTree', 'SOURCE_ROOT')
                 objects_dict.add_item(self.fileref_ids[(tname, s)], custom_dict)