diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 56d444d1..4884fc99 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -2490,8 +2490,8 @@ package-flags:
 
 configure-args:
   inline-java:
-  - --extra-lib-dirs /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server
-  - --extra-include-dirs /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/include
+  - "--extra-lib-dirs /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server"
+  - "--extra-include-dirs /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/include"
 
 # end of configure-args