diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index bbcf52826fe05cf011f7765aa9ac898b81c8d389..85791809df3f97324a616f4a16de51fe330ea145 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Program(object):
         if isinstance(options, str):
             options = [options]
 
-        options = options + ["-I", '"%s"' % _find_pyopencl_include_path()]
+        options = options + ["-I", _find_pyopencl_include_path()]
 
         import os
         forced_options = os.environ.get("PYOPENCL_BUILD_OPTIONS")