diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
index c3ecbf0a60f..fda51dc2401 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
       mkdir dependencies/common/dictionaries
       for dict in $hunspellDicts; do
-          for i in $dict/share/hunspell/*
+          for i in "$dict/share/hunspell/"*
 	  do ln -sv $i dependencies/common/dictionaries/
 	  done
       done