diff --git a/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t b/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
index 5cafb9fdfd..07f1291f69 100644
--- a/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
+++ b/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setup("test_ssl_new");
 
 $ENV{TEST_CERTS_DIR} = srctop_dir("test", "certs");
 
-my @conf_srcs =  glob(srctop_file("test", "ssl-tests", "*.conf.in"));
+my @conf_srcs =  glob('"'.srctop_file("test", "ssl-tests", "*.conf.in").'"');
 map { s/;.*// } @conf_srcs if $^O eq "VMS";
 my @conf_files = map { basename($_) } @conf_srcs;
 map { s/\.in// } @conf_files;
diff --git a/test/run_tests.pl b/test/run_tests.pl
index 158eaf9bab..6ce1521a75 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.pl
+++ b/test/run_tests.pl
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ my $list_mode = scalar(grep /^list$/, @tests) != 0;
 if (grep /^(alltests|list)$/, @tests) {
     @tests = grep {
 	basename($_) =~ /^[0-9][0-9]-[^\.]*\.t$/
-    } glob(catfile($recipesdir,"*.t"));
+    } glob('"'.catfile($recipesdir,"*.t").'"');
 } else {
     my @t = ();
     foreach (@tests) {
 	push @t, grep {
 	    basename($_) =~ /^[0-9][0-9]-[^\.]*\.t$/
-	} glob(catfile($recipesdir,"*-$_.t"));
+	} glob('"'.catfile($recipesdir,"*-$_.t").'"');
     }
     @tests = @t;
 }
diff --git a/util/process_docs.pl b/util/process_docs.pl
index c2c35ee1c5..efc4ef5361 100644
--- a/util/process_docs.pl
+++ b/util/process_docs.pl
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ my $symlink_exists = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
 foreach my $subdir (keys %{$options{subdir}}) {
     my $section = $options{subdir}->{$subdir};
     my $podsourcedir = catfile($options{sourcedir}, $subdir);
-    my $podglob = catfile($podsourcedir, "*.pod");
+    my $podglob = '"'.catfile($podsourcedir, "*.pod").'"';
 
-    foreach my $podfile (glob "$podglob") {
+    foreach my $podfile (glob $podglob) {
         my $podname = basename($podfile, ".pod");
         my $podpath = catfile($podfile);
         my %podinfo = ( section => $section );