diff --git a/cmake/module.rules.txt b/cmake/module.rules.txt
index f43becb0..80ec94e7 100644
--- a/cmake/module.rules.txt
+++ b/cmake/module.rules.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(sems_${sems_module_name} SHARED ${${sems_module_name}_SRCS})
 
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMOD_NAME="${sems_module_name}")
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMOD_NAME="\\\"${sems_module_name}\\\"")
 
 # all modules should be linked against ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} at least
 # and with additional ${sems_module_libs} if they exists