diff --git a/substratevm/mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar b/substratevm/mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4dfbc94e599
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diff --git a/substratevm/mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar.sha512 b/substratevm/mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar.sha512
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b33c66f3d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substratevm/mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar.sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+270bffd158c92b04b16db147f4ef336dcb4d830bf3503cc25be1227b351597a3254544b3c4a5183dcc53f2f3ab10b282722dbf7f1b5e9d9a2741878a7057eb40
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diff --git a/substratevm/mx.substratevm/suite.py b/substratevm/mx.substratevm/suite.py
index c21b5ce51a94..95a15778069d 100644
--- a/substratevm/mx.substratevm/suite.py
+++ b/substratevm/mx.substratevm/suite.py
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "SVM_TEST_RESOURCE_WITH_SPACE": {
+            # This jar only contains a resource with a space in its path.
+            # We cannot have folder with spaces in the source tree, as it
+            # does not work well with certain build tools, for example
+            # make. [GR-50375]
+            "path": "mx.substratevm/jar-with-space-in-resource-dir.jar",
+            "digest": "sha512:270bffd158c92b04b16db147f4ef336dcb4d830bf3503cc25be1227b351597a3254544b3c4a5183dcc53f2f3ab10b282722dbf7f1b5e9d9a2741878a7057eb40",
+        },
     },
 
     "projects": {
@@ -2000,6 +2008,7 @@
             "com.oracle.svm.test",
             "com.oracle.svm.configure.test",
             "com.oracle.svm.graal.test",
+            "SVM_TEST_RESOURCE_WITH_SPACE",
           ],
           "distDependencies": [
             "mx:JUNIT_TOOL",
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.test/src/resources/dir with space/.mxkeep b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.test/src/resources/dir with space/.mxkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c74e3c55f30..000000000000
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.test/src/resources/dir with space/.mxkeep	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This file instructs mx to create a jar entry for the parent directory
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