diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 39edb561ad4..20b0e579056 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_ONEAPI)
 
   # Set defaults for spir64 and spir64_gen options
   if (NOT DEFINED CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64)
-    set(CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64 "-options '-ze-opt-large-register-file -ze-opt-regular-grf-kernel integrator_intersect'")
+    set(CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64 "-options \\\'-ze-opt-large-register-file -ze-opt-regular-grf-kernel integrator_intersect\\\'")
   endif()
   if (NOT DEFINED CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64_gen)
     SET (CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64_gen "${CYCLES_ONEAPI_SYCL_OPTIONS_spir64}" CACHE STRING "Extra build options for spir64_gen target")