diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
index db6f3435edd886..107507498be330 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
@@ -12737,7 +12737,12 @@ compile_asm (MonoAotCompile *acfg)
 	if (ld_binary_name == NULL) {
 		ld_binary_name = LD_NAME;
 	}
-	g_string_append_printf (str, "%s%s %s", tool_prefix, ld_binary_name, LD_OPTIONS);
+	if (acfg->aot_opts.tool_prefix)
+		g_string_append_printf (str, "\"%s%s\" %s", tool_prefix, ld_binary_name, LD_OPTIONS);
+	else if (acfg->aot_opts.llvm_only)
+		g_string_append_printf (str, "%s", acfg->aot_opts.clangxx);
+	else
+		g_string_append_printf (str, "\"%s%s\" %s", tool_prefix, ld_binary_name, LD_OPTIONS);
 #else
 	if (ld_binary_name == NULL) {
 		ld_binary_name = "ld";