diff --git a/bin/windows/kafka-run-class.bat b/bin/windows/kafka-run-class.bat
index 1dfd9a5abfede..43c0821890e09 100755
--- a/bin/windows/kafka-run-class.bat
+++ b/bin/windows/kafka-run-class.bat
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ IF not defined CLASSPATH (
 	EXIT /B 2
 )
 
-set COMMAND=%JAVA% %KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS% %KAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS% %KAFKA_JMX_OPTS% %KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS% -cp %CLASSPATH% %KAFKA_OPTS% %*
+set COMMAND=%JAVA% %KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS% %KAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS% %KAFKA_JMX_OPTS% %KAFKA_LOG4J_OPTS% -cp "%CLASSPATH%" %KAFKA_OPTS% %*
 rem echo.
 rem echo %COMMAND%
 rem echo.