diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
index e2223278..77187efc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,21 +44,22 @@ if (GGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY)
     set(METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/ggml-metal-embed.metal.tmp")
 
     add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
+        OUTPUT "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
         COMMAND echo "Embedding Metal library"
-        COMMAND sed -e '/__embed_ggml-common.h__/r         ${METALLIB_COMMON}' -e '/__embed_ggml-common.h__/d'         < ${METALLIB_SOURCE}           > ${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP}
-        COMMAND sed -e '/\#include \"ggml-metal-impl.h\"/r ${METALLIB_IMPL}'   -e '/\#include \"ggml-metal-impl.h\"/d' < ${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP} > ${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED}
-        COMMAND echo ".section __DATA,__ggml_metallib"          >  ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
-        COMMAND echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_start"              >> ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
-        COMMAND echo "_ggml_metallib_start:"                    >> ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
-        COMMAND echo ".incbin \\\"${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED}\\\"" >> ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
-        COMMAND echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_end"                >> ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
-        COMMAND echo "_ggml_metallib_end:"                      >> ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}
+        COMMAND sed -e "/__embed_ggml-common.h__/r ${METALLIB_COMMON}"       -e "/__embed_ggml-common.h__/d"         < "${METALLIB_SOURCE}"           > "${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP}"
+        COMMAND sed -e "/\#include \"ggml-metal-impl.h\"/r ${METALLIB_IMPL}" -e "/\#include \"ggml-metal-impl.h\"/d" < "${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED_TMP}" > "${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED}"
+        COMMAND echo ".section __DATA,__ggml_metallib"          >  "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
+        COMMAND echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_start"              >> "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
+        COMMAND echo "_ggml_metallib_start:"                    >> "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
+        COMMAND echo .incbin "\"${METALLIB_SOURCE_EMBED}\""     >> "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
+        COMMAND echo ".globl _ggml_metallib_end"                >> "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
+        COMMAND echo "_ggml_metallib_end:"                      >> "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}"
         DEPENDS ../ggml-common.h ggml-metal.metal ggml-metal-impl.h
         COMMENT "Generate assembly for embedded Metal library"
+        VERBATIM
     )
 
-    target_sources(ggml-metal PRIVATE ${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM})
+    target_sources(ggml-metal PRIVATE "${METALLIB_EMBED_ASM}")
 else()
     if (GGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG)
         # custom command to do the following: