diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
index 16070eb5dc5c..f0f89c3f0fa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     RSC=$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources
     for db in "com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"; do
         mv $RSC/$db $RSC/base_$db
-        ln -s ${dataDir}/.skeleton/$db $RSC/$db
+        ln -s "${dataDir}/.skeleton/$db" $RSC/$db
     done
   '';