diff --git a/spring-integration-gemfire/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gemfire/fork/ForkUtil.java b/spring-integration-gemfire/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gemfire/fork/ForkUtil.java
index 24cd63553e..a38e0a3660 100644
--- a/spring-integration-gemfire/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gemfire/fork/ForkUtil.java
+++ b/spring-integration-gemfire/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gemfire/fork/ForkUtil.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ForkUtil {
 		Process proc = null;
 		String java = home + "/bin/java ".replace("\\", "/");
 		;
-		String argCp = "-cp " + cp;
+		String argCp = "-cp \"" + cp + "\"";
 		String argClass = argument;
 
 		String cmd = java + argCp + " " + argClass;
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ public class ForkUtil {
 		return new File(path).exists();
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}