diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 632d057c..fe25164d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ require("toggleterm").setup{
   close_on_exit = true, -- close the terminal window when the process exits
    -- Change the default shell. Can be a string or a function returning a string
   shell = vim.o.shell,
+  quote_command = false, -- put quotes arround the command sent to the terminal, required for Windows using git bash
   auto_scroll = true, -- automatically scroll to the bottom on terminal output
   -- This field is only relevant if direction is set to 'float'
   float_opts = {
diff --git a/doc/toggleterm.txt b/doc/toggleterm.txt
index 7e08147f..49374c9f 100644
--- a/doc/toggleterm.txt
+++ b/doc/toggleterm.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ what options are available. It is not written to be used as is.
       close_on_exit = true, -- close the terminal window when the process exits
        -- Change the default shell. Can be a string or a function returning a string
       shell = vim.o.shell,
+      quote_command = false -- put quotes around the command being sent to the terminal. Required for Windows using git bash
       auto_scroll = true, -- automatically scroll to the bottom on terminal output
       -- This field is only relevant if direction is set to 'float'
       float_opts = {
diff --git a/lua/toggleterm/config.lua b/lua/toggleterm/config.lua
index feebe5f5..4d75a4e4 100644
--- a/lua/toggleterm/config.lua
+++ b/lua/toggleterm/config.lua
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ local config = {
   direction = "horizontal",
   shading_factor = constants.shading_amount,
   shell = vim.o.shell,
+  quote_command = false,
   autochdir = false,
   auto_scroll = true,
   winbar = {
diff --git a/lua/toggleterm/terminal.lua b/lua/toggleterm/terminal.lua
index 904eb340..971469c3 100644
--- a/lua/toggleterm/terminal.lua
+++ b/lua/toggleterm/terminal.lua
@@ -392,13 +392,16 @@ function Terminal:__spawn()
   if type(cmd) == "function" then cmd = cmd() end
   local command_sep = get_command_sep()
   local comment_sep = get_comment_sep()
+  local quote = config.get("quote_command") and "\"" or ""
   cmd = table.concat({
+    quote,
     cmd,
     command_sep,
     comment_sep,
     constants.FILETYPE,
     comment_sep,
     self.id,
+    quote,
   })
   local dir = _get_dir(self.dir)
   self.job_id = fn.termopen(cmd, {