diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index d780196..ef82fc4 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -312,7 +312,12 @@
 			{
 				auto settings = getSettings!setting();
 				auto ret = new string[settings.length];
-				foreach (i; 0 .. settings.length) ret[i] = '"' ~ (Path(settings[i]).relativeTo(project_file_dir)).toNativeString() ~ '"';
+				foreach (i; 0 .. settings.length) {
+					// \" is interpreted as an escaped " by cmd.exe, so we need to avoid that
+					auto p = Path(settings[i]).relativeTo(project_file_dir);
+					p.endsWithSlash = false;
+					ret[i] = '"' ~ p.toNativeString() ~ '"';
+				}
 				return ret;
 			}