diff --git a/src/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deploy/TarGz/PrepareTask.php b/src/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deploy/TarGz/PrepareTask.php
index 0830536..2027d81 100644
--- a/src/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deploy/TarGz/PrepareTask.php
+++ b/src/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deploy/TarGz/PrepareTask.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class PrepareTask extends AbstractTask
         $excludes = array_merge(['.git'], $excludes);
 
         foreach ($excludes as &$exclude) {
-            $exclude = '--exclude=' . $exclude;
+            $exclude = '--exclude="' . $exclude . '"';
         }
 
         return implode(' ', $excludes);
diff --git a/src/Mage/Tests/Command/BuiltIn/DeployCommandTest.php b/src/Mage/Tests/Command/BuiltIn/DeployCommandTest.php
index e4a801a..64aeeb9 100644
--- a/src/Mage/Tests/Command/BuiltIn/DeployCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Mage/Tests/Command/BuiltIn/DeployCommandTest.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class DeployCommandTest extends TestCase
             2 => 'git pull',
             3 => 'composer install --dev',
             4 => 'composer dumpautoload --optimize',
-            5 => 'tar cfz /tmp/mageXYZ --exclude=.git --exclude=vendor --exclude=app/cache --exclude=app/log --exclude=web/app_dev.php ./',
+            5 => 'tar cfz /tmp/mageXYZ --exclude=".git" --exclude="vendor" --exclude="app/cache" --exclude="app/log" --exclude="web/app_dev.php" ./',
             6 => 'ssh -p 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no tester@testhost sh -c \\"mkdir -p /var/www/test/releases/1234567890\\"',
             7 => 'scp -P 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no /tmp/mageXYZ tester@testhost:/var/www/test/releases/1234567890/mageXYZ',
             8 => 'ssh -p 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no tester@testhost sh -c \\"cd /var/www/test/releases/1234567890 \\&\\& tar xfz mageXYZ\\"',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class DeployCommandTest extends TestCase
             2 => 'git pull',
             3 => 'composer install --dev',
             4 => 'composer dumpautoload --optimize',
-            5 => 'tar cfz /tmp/mageXYZ --exclude=.git --exclude=vendor --exclude=app/cache --exclude=app/log --exclude=web/app_dev.php ./',
+            5 => 'tar cfz /tmp/mageXYZ --exclude=".git" --exclude="vendor" --exclude="app/cache" --exclude="app/log" --exclude="web/app_dev.php" ./',
             6 => 'ssh -p 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no tester@testhost sh -c \\"mkdir -p /var/www/test/releases/1234567890\\"',
             7 => 'scp -P 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no /tmp/mageXYZ tester@testhost:/var/www/test/releases/1234567890/mageXYZ',
             8 => 'ssh -p 22 -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no tester@testhost sh -c \\"cd /var/www/test/releases/1234567890 \\&\\& tar xfz mageXYZ\\"',