diff --git a/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/KonanLibrary.kt b/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/KonanLibrary.kt
index b99db471866..46caf2c654b 100644
--- a/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/KonanLibrary.kt
+++ b/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/KonanLibrary.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ val KonanLibrary.uniqueName
     get() = manifestProperties.getProperty(KLIB_PROPERTY_UNIQUE_NAME)!!
 
 val KonanLibrary.unresolvedDependencies: List<UnresolvedLibrary>
-    get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_DEPENDS)
+    get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_DEPENDS, escapeInQuotes = true)
             .map {
                 UnresolvedLibrary(it, manifestProperties.getProperty("dependency_version_$it"))
             }
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ val KonanLibrary.packageFqName
     get() = manifestProperties.getProperty(KLIB_PROPERTY_PACKAGE)
 
 val KonanLibrary.exportForwardDeclarations
-    get() = manifestProperties.getProperty(KLIB_PROPERTY_EXPORT_FORWARD_DECLARATIONS)
-            .split(' ').asSequence()
+    get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_EXPORT_FORWARD_DECLARATIONS, escapeInQuotes = true)
+            .asSequence()
             .map { it.trim() }
             .filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
             .toList()
 
 val KonanLibrary.includedHeaders
-    get() = manifestProperties.getProperty(KLIB_PROPERTY_INCLUDED_HEADERS).split(' ')
+    get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_INCLUDED_HEADERS, escapeInQuotes = true)
diff --git a/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryImpl.kt b/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryImpl.kt
index 77bf2096ab8..f5fc2735917 100644
--- a/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryImpl.kt
+++ b/shared/src/library/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/library/impl/KonanLibraryImpl.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class KonanLibraryImpl(
         get() = manifestProperties.readKonanLibraryVersioning()
 
     override val linkerOpts: List<String>
-        get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_LINKED_OPTS)
+        get() = manifestProperties.propertyList(KLIB_PROPERTY_LINKED_OPTS, escapeInQuotes = true)
 
     override val bitcodePaths: List<String>
         get() = layout.realFiles { (it.kotlinDir.listFilesOrEmpty + it.nativeDir.listFilesOrEmpty).map { it.absolutePath } }
diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Properties.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Properties.kt
index eb886881b61..d95b5ffca8b 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Properties.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Properties.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties
 // FIXME(ddol): KLIB-REFACTORING-CLEANUP: remove the whole file!
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.parseSpaceSeparatedArgs
 
 typealias Properties = java.util.Properties
 
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ fun Properties.propertyString(key: String, suffix: String? = null): String? = ge
  * functionality borrowed from def file parser and unified for interop tool
  * and kotlin compiler.
  */
-fun Properties.propertyList(key: String, suffix: String? = null): List<String> {
+fun Properties.propertyList(key: String, suffix: String? = null, escapeInQuotes: Boolean = false): List<String> {
     val value = this.getProperty(key.suffix(suffix)) ?: this.getProperty(key)
     if (value?.isBlank() == true) return emptyList()
-
-    return value?.split(Regex("\\s+")) ?: emptyList()
+    return if (escapeInQuotes) value?.let { parseSpaceSeparatedArgs(it) } ?: emptyList()
+        else value?.split(Regex("\\s+")) ?: emptyList()
 }
 
 fun Properties.hasProperty(key: String, suffix: String? = null): Boolean