diff --git a/Source/cmFindProgramCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFindProgramCommand.cxx
index 599b1d2d6f..d4b0ee1245 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindProgramCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindProgramCommand.cxx
@@ -266,14 +266,13 @@ std::string cmFindProgramCommand::GetBundleExecutable(
 
   if (executableURL != nullptr) {
     const int MAX_OSX_PATH_SIZE = 1024;
-    char buffer[MAX_OSX_PATH_SIZE];
+    UInt8 buffer[MAX_OSX_PATH_SIZE];
 
-    // Convert the CFString to a C string
-    CFStringGetCString(CFURLGetString(executableURL), buffer,
-                       MAX_OSX_PATH_SIZE, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-
-    // And finally to a c++ string
-    executable = bundlePath + "/Contents/MacOS/" + std::string(buffer);
+    if (CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(executableURL, false, buffer,
+                                         MAX_OSX_PATH_SIZE)) {
+      executable = bundlePath + "/Contents/MacOS/" +
+        std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer));
+    }
     // Only release CFURLRef if it's not null
     CFRelease(executableURL);
   }
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..331d46577e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-- FakeApp_EXECUTABLE='.*/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName-build/Fake app.app/Contents/MacOS/Fake app'
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9152d5b2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/BundleSpaceInName.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set(fakeApp "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Fake app.app/Contents/MacOS/Fake app")
+file(WRITE "${fakeApp}" "#!/bin/sh\n")
+execute_process(COMMAND chmod a+rx "${fakeApp}")
+
+find_program(FakeApp_EXECUTABLE NAMES "Fake app" NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+  PATHS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+)
+message(STATUS "FakeApp_EXECUTABLE='${FakeApp_EXECUTABLE}'")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 95ffd84bb2..be70debe09 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/find_program/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ endif()
 if(UNIX)
   run_cmake(ExeNoRead)
 endif()
+
+if(APPLE)
+  run_cmake(BundleSpaceInName)
+endif()