diff --git a/build_inplace b/build_inplace
index 346238b0..0b7b999d 100755
--- a/build_inplace
+++ b/build_inplace
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-python setup.py build_ext --inplace $@
+python setup.py build_ext --inplace "$@"