diff --git a/src/lib/exec.ts b/src/lib/exec.ts
index 34a6ceff..f0926108 100644
--- a/src/lib/exec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type SpawnOptions, type SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { isAbsolute } from 'node:path';
 
 import { run } from './outputs.js';
 
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ const windowsOptions: SpawnOptions = {
  * Run child process and returns stdout and stderr to user stout
  */
 const spawnPromised = async (cmd: string, args: string[], opts: SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio) => {
+	const escapedCommand = isAbsolute(cmd) && process.platform === 'win32' ? `"${cmd}"` : cmd;
+
 	// NOTE: Pipes stderr, stdout to main process
-	const childProcess = spawn(cmd, args, {
+	const childProcess = spawn(escapedCommand, args, {
 		...opts,
 		stdio: process.env.APIFY_NO_LOGS_IN_TESTS ? 'ignore' : 'inherit',
 		...(process.platform === 'win32' ? windowsOptions : {}),
diff --git a/test/commands/windows/create.test.ts b/test/commands/windows/create.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39d15c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/commands/windows/create.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+import { useTempPath } from '../../__setup__/hooks/useTempPath.js';
+
+const actName = 'create-my-spaced-actor';
+const { beforeAllCalls, afterAllCalls, joinPath } = useTempPath('spaced actor', {
+	create: true,
+	remove: true,
+	cwd: true,
+	cwdParent: false,
+});
+
+const { CreateCommand } = await import('../../../src/commands/create.js');
+
+describe.runIf(process.env.FORCE_WINDOWS_TESTS || process.platform === 'win32')('apify create on windows', () => {
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		await beforeAllCalls();
+	});
+
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		await afterAllCalls();
+	});
+
+	it('works for creating an actor when the folder path contains spaces', async () => {
+		const ACT_TEMPLATE = 'python-playwright';
+		await CreateCommand.run([actName, '--template', ACT_TEMPLATE], import.meta.url);
+
+		// check files structure
+		expect(existsSync(joinPath(actName))).toBeTruthy();
+	});
+});