diff --git a/runner/engine.go b/runner/engine.go
index ce2fa843..ce5fdd1e 100644
--- a/runner/engine.go
+++ b/runner/engine.go
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ func (e *Engine) runBin() error {
 			case <-killCh:
 				return
 			default:
-				command := strings.Join(append([]string{e.config.Build.Bin}, e.runArgs...), " ")
+				formattedBin := formatPath(e.config.Build.Bin)
+				command := strings.Join(append([]string{formattedBin}, e.runArgs...), " ")
 				cmd, stdout, stderr, err := e.startCmd(command)
 				if err != nil {
 					e.mainLog("failed to start %s, error: %s", e.config.rel(e.config.binPath()), err.Error())
diff --git a/runner/util.go b/runner/util.go
index 03d32afe..79700b92 100644
--- a/runner/util.go
+++ b/runner/util.go
@@ -429,3 +429,17 @@ func joinPath(root, path string) string {
 
 	return filepath.Join(root, path)
 }
+
+func formatPath(path string) string {
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(path) || !strings.Contains(path, " ") {
+		return path
+	}
+
+	quotedPath := fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, path)
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == PlatformWindows {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`& %s`, quotedPath)
+	}
+
+	return quotedPath
+}
diff --git a/runner/util_test.go b/runner/util_test.go
index 3c18cf36..b526f05c 100644
--- a/runner/util_test.go
+++ b/runner/util_test.go
@@ -318,3 +318,87 @@ func TestJoinPathAbsolute(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, result, path)
 }
+
+func TestFormatPath(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCase struct {
+		name     string
+		path     string
+		expected string
+	}
+
+	runTests := func(t *testing.T, tests []testCase) {
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				result := formatPath(tt.path)
+				if result != tt.expected {
+					t.Errorf("formatPath(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.path, result, tt.expected)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Run("PathPlatformSpecific", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if runtime.GOOS == PlatformWindows {
+			// Windows-specific tests
+			tests := []testCase{
+				{
+					name:     "Windows style absolute path with spaces",
+					path:     `C:\My Documents\My Project\tmp\app.exe`,
+					expected: `& "C:\My Documents\My Project\tmp\app.exe"`,
+				},
+				{
+					name:     "Windows style relative path with spaces",
+					path:     `My Project\tmp\app.exe`,
+					expected: `My Project\tmp\app.exe`,
+				},
+				{
+					name:     "Windows style absolute path without spaces",
+					path:     `C:\Documents\Project\tmp\app.exe`,
+					expected: `C:\Documents\Project\tmp\app.exe`,
+				},
+			}
+			runTests(t, tests)
+		} else {
+			// Unix-specific tests
+			tests := []testCase{
+				{
+					name:     "Unix style absolute path with spaces",
+					path:     `/usr/local/my project/tmp/main`,
+					expected: `"/usr/local/my project/tmp/main"`,
+				},
+				{
+					name:     "Unix style relative path with spaces",
+					path:     "./my project/tmp/main",
+					expected: "./my project/tmp/main",
+				},
+				{
+					name:     "Unix style absolute path without spaces",
+					path:     `/usr/local/project/tmp/main`,
+					expected: `/usr/local/project/tmp/main`,
+				},
+			}
+			runTests(t, tests)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("CommonCases", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []testCase{
+			{
+				name:     "Empty path",
+				path:     "",
+				expected: "",
+			},
+			{
+				name:     "Simple path",
+				path:     "main.go",
+				expected: "main.go",
+			},
+			{
+				name:     "TestShouldIncludeIncludedFile",
+				path:     "sh main.sh",
+				expected: "sh main.sh",
+			},
+		}
+		runTests(t, tests)
+	})
+}