diff --git a/makenemo b/makenemo
index 7e563da7c95fa612e347b70921950f5edba602ef..752ec9e8c835a384ac7859ccb44e23b2e865dc6d 100755
--- a/makenemo
+++ b/makenemo
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ fi
 
 
 # CPP keys addition/removal
-[ -n "${list_add_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fadd_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} ${list_add_key}
-[ -n "${list_def_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fdef_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} ${list_def_key}
-[ -n "${list_del_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fdel_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} ${list_del_key}
+[ -n "${list_add_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fadd_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} "${list_add_key}"
+[ -n "${list_def_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fdef_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} "${list_def_key}"
+[ -n "${list_del_key}" ] && ${COMPIL_DIR}/Fdel_keys.sh ${NEMO_TDIR}/${CUR_CONF} "${list_del_key}"
 
 
 # CPP keys check