From d1eae2f1a01cc853adfe455b7c65e9b28a2b1108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Picheta <dominikpicheta@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:01:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #351.

---
 src/nimble.nim   | 2 +-
 tests/tester.nim | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index 57c8736..d3ef1e9 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ proc execBackend(options: Options) =
   var args = ""
   for path in paths: args.add("--path:\"" & path & "\" ")
   for option in options.action.compileOptions:
-    args.add(option & " ")
+    args.add("\"" & option & "\" ")
 
   let backend =
     if options.action.backend.len > 0:
diff --git a/tests/tester.nim b/tests/tester.nim
index bb06d8d..804a656 100644
--- a/tests/tester.nim
+++ b/tests/tester.nim
@@ -453,3 +453,11 @@ suite "can handle two binary versions":
     check exitCode == QuitSuccess
     check output.strip() == "v2"
 
+test "can pass args with spaces to Nim (#351)":
+  cd "binaryPackage/v2":
+    let (output, exitCode) = execCmdEx(nimblePath &
+                                       " c -r" &
+                                       " -d:myVar=\"string with spaces\"" &
+                                       " binaryPackage")
+    checkpoint output
+    check exitCode == QuitSuccess
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