diff --git a/runtime/compiler/tex.vim b/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
index 282b3a0..bc16237 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
+++ b/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 " Maintainer:   Artem Chuprina <ran@ran.pp.ru>
 " Contributors: Enno Nagel
 " Last Change:  2024 Mar 29
-"		2024 Apr 03 by The Vim Project (removed :CompilerSet definition)
-"		2024 Apr 05 by The Vim Project (avoid leaving behind g:makeprg)
+"		2024 Apr 03 by the Vim Project (removed :CompilerSet definition)
+"		2024 Apr 05 by the Vim Project (avoid leaving behind g:makeprg)
+"		2024 Nov 19 by the Vim Project (properly escape makeprg setting)
 
 if exists("current_compiler")
 	finish
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 		let current_compiler = "latex"
 	endif
 	let s:makeprg=current_compiler .. ' -interaction=nonstopmode'
-	execute 'CompilerSet makeprg=' .. escape(s:makeprg, ' ')
+	execute 'CompilerSet makeprg=' .. escape(s:makeprg, ' \|"')
 else
 	let current_compiler = 'make'
 endif