diff --git a/src/test/run-make/libtest-json/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/libtest-json/Makefile
index 9a62bc2666e..ec91ddfb9f9 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/libtest-json/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/run-make/libtest-json/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all:
 	$(RUSTC) --test f.rs
 	$(call RUN,f) -Z unstable-options --test-threads=1 --format=json > $(OUTPUT_FILE) || true
 
-	cat $(OUTPUT_FILE) | $(PYTHON) validate_json.py
+	cat $(OUTPUT_FILE) | "$(PYTHON)" validate_json.py
 
 	# Compare to output file
 	diff output.json $(OUTPUT_FILE)