diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index 8f0fbc674d1..f2db5134dae 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ endfunction()
 function(qt_internal_set_no_exceptions_flags target)
     target_compile_definitions("${target}" PRIVATE "QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS")
     if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
-        target_compile_options("${target}" PRIVATE "/wd4530 /wd4577")
+        target_compile_options("${target}" PRIVATE "/wd4530" "/wd4577")
     elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
         target_compile_options("${target}" PRIVATE "-fno-exceptions")
     elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "AppleClang")