diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e39d8c7e05a3..c0452f867b31 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ def op_enabled(op_name):
 print(f'Install Ops={install_ops}')
 
 # Write out version/git info.
-git_hash_cmd = shlex.split("bash -c git rev-parse --short HEAD")
-git_branch_cmd = shlex.split("bash -c git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD")
+git_hash_cmd = shlex.split("bash -c \"git rev-parse --short HEAD\"")
+git_branch_cmd = shlex.split("bash -c \"git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD\"")
 if command_exists('git') and not is_env_set('DS_BUILD_STRING'):
     try:
         result = subprocess.check_output(git_hash_cmd)