diff --git a/docs/changelog/1660.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/1660.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fe88ac04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1660.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix creation of entry points when path contains spaces - by :user:`nsoranzo`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
index 42855748f..8baec674b 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ def _console_scripts(self):
 
     def _create_console_entry_point(self, name, value, to_folder, version_info):
         result = []
-        from distlib.scripts import ScriptMaker
+        from distlib.scripts import _enquote_executable, ScriptMaker
 
         maker = ScriptMaker(None, str(to_folder))
         maker.clobber = True  # overwrite
         maker.variants = {""}
         maker.set_mode = True  # ensure they are executable
-        maker.executable = str(self._creator.exe)
+        maker.executable = _enquote_executable(str(self._creator.exe))
         specification = "{} = {}".format(name, value)
         with self.patch_distlib_correct_variants(version_info, maker):
             new_files = maker.make(specification)