diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
index 22becd164..b6db9340b 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/communicator.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (c *Communicator) UploadDir(dst string, src string, exclude []string) error
 	// TODO: remove any file copied if it appears in `exclude`
 	chrootDest := filepath.Join(c.Chroot, dst)
 	log.Printf("Uploading directory '%s' to '%s'", src, chrootDest)
-	cpCmd, err := c.CmdWrapper(fmt.Sprintf("cp -R %s* %s", src, chrootDest))
+	cpCmd, err := c.CmdWrapper(fmt.Sprintf("cp -R '%s' %s", src, chrootDest))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}