diff --git a/test/runjsontests.py b/test/runjsontests.py
index a1f6082..9422d57 100644
--- a/test/runjsontests.py
+++ b/test/runjsontests.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def runAllTests( jsontest_executable_path, input_dir = None,
         is_json_checker_test = (input_path in test_jsonchecker) or expect_failure
         print('TESTING:', input_path, end=' ')
         options = is_json_checker_test and '--json-checker' or ''
-        pipe = os.popen( "%s%s %s %s" % (
+        pipe = os.popen( '%s%s %s "%s"' % (
             valgrind_path, jsontest_executable_path, options,
             input_path) )
         process_output = pipe.read()