diff --git a/.changes/pr_264.md b/.changes/pr_264.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea59f440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/pr_264.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"cargo-packager": patch
+"@crabnebula/packager": patch
+---
+
+Fix `pacman` package failing to install when source directory contained whitespace.
+
diff --git a/crates/packager/src/package/pacman/mod.rs b/crates/packager/src/package/pacman/mod.rs
index 52117e58..e9a60012 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/package/pacman/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/package/pacman/mod.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fn generate_pkgbuild_file(
     let sha_hash = sha512.finalize();
 
     writeln!(file, "sha512sums=(\"{:x}\")", sha_hash)?;
-    writeln!(file, "package() {{\n\tcp -r ${{srcdir}}/* ${{pkgdir}}/\n}}")?;
+    writeln!(file, "package() {{\n\tcp -r \"${{srcdir}}\"/* \"${{pkgdir}}\"/\n}}")?;
 
     file.flush()?;
     Ok(())