@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class LocalConf(object):

         if localrc:

             vg = VarGraph(localrc)

             for k, v in vg.getVars():

-                self.localrc.append('{}={}'.format(k, v))

+                self.localrc.append('{}="{}"'.format(k, v))

                 if k == 'LIBS_FROM_GIT':

                     lfg = True

                 elif k == 'TEMPEST_PLUGINS':

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class TestDevstackLocalConf(unittest.TestCase):

             for line in f:

                 if line.startswith('LIBS_FROM_GIT'):

                     lfg = line.strip().split('=')[1]

-        self.assertEqual('oslo.db', lfg)

+        self.assertEqual('"oslo.db"', lfg)

     def test_plugin_circular_deps(self):

         "Test that plugins with circular dependencies fail"

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class TestDevstackLocalConf(unittest.TestCase):

         lc.write(p['path'])

         tp = self._find_tempest_plugins_value(p['path'])

-        self.assertEqual('someplugin', tp)

+        self.assertEqual('"someplugin"', tp)

         self.assertEqual(len(lc.warnings), 1)