diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.pro b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.pro
index 6e94ed622..8b69666b6 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.pro
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.pro
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ SOURCES       += filter_measure.cpp
 TARGET         = filter_measure
 #PRE_TARGETDEPS += filter_measure.xml
 
-QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_FILE $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/$$TARGET".xml ../../distrib/plugins/$$TARGET".xml;
+QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_FILE \"$${_PRO_FILE_PWD_}/$${TARGET}.xml\" \"../../distrib/plugins/$${TARGET}.xml\";