diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluationBuilder.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluationBuilder.kt
index 9854e4a6b5a..fc06c796bed 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluationBuilder.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluationBuilder.kt
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ private fun createFileForDebugger(codeFragment: KtCodeFragment,
     )
 
     val packageFromContextFile = containingContextFile?.packageName?.let {
-        if (it.isNotBlank()) "package $it" else ""
+        if (it.isNotBlank()) "package ${it.quoteIfNeeded()}" else ""
     } ?: ""
     fileText = fileText.replace("!PACKAGE!", packageFromContextFile)