diff --git a/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim b/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
index b9e17f1..1ca76a4 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim script to download a missing spell file
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2007 May 08
+" Last Change:	2008 May 29
 
 if !exists('g:spellfile_URL')
   let g:spellfile_URL = 'ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell'
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@
     endfor
     let dirchoice = confirm(msg, dirchoices) - 2
     if dirchoice >= 0
-      exe "write " . escape(dirlist[dirchoice], ' ') . '/' . fname
+      if exists('*fnameescape')
+	let dirname = fnameescape(dirlist[dirchoice])
+      else
+	let dirname = escape(dirlist[dirchoice], ' ')
+      endif
+      exe "write " . dirname . '/' . fname
 
       " Also download the .sug file, if the user wants to.
       let msg = "Do you want me to try getting the .sug file?\n"
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@
 	call spellfile#Nread(fname)
 	if getline(2) =~ 'VIMsug'
 	  1d
-	  exe "write " . escape(dirlist[dirchoice], ' ') . '/' . fname
+	  exe "write " . dirname . '/' . fname
 	  set nomod
 	else
 	  echo 'Sorry, downloading failed'