diff --git a/emcmake b/emcmake
index 7bea9e8d0e313..e3baef0e88900 100755
--- a/emcmake
+++ b/emcmake
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import os, subprocess, sys
 from tools import shared
 
 configure_path = shared.path_from_root('emconfigure')
+node_js = shared.NODE_JS
+if type(node_js) is list: node_js = ' '.join(node_js)
+node_js = node_js.replace('"', '\"')
+
 exit(subprocess.call([shared.PYTHON, configure_path] + \
-                     sys.argv[1] + \
-                     ['-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR=' + shared.NODE_JS] + sys.argv[2:]))
+                     [sys.argv[1]] + \
+                     ['-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR="' + node_js +'"'] + sys.argv[2:]))