diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf4220f844b3bb0567db352dcb8ef3f78a714fed..d0d265cbb5c4ae8598c5a42ec0850f72cbeff1c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(tables
     GIT_REPOSITORY      https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms-analysis/general/DasAnalysisSystem/tables.git
     GIT_TAG             origin/master
     SOURCE_DIR          "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tables"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   "${GIT_EXECUTABLE} lfs install"
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" lfs install
     BUILD_COMMAND       ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND     ""
 )