diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
index 78e24baaa..6a4bb2705 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/TestTargets.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             "dotnet-compile.UnitTests",
             "dotnet-build.Tests",
             "dotnet-pack.Tests",
+            "dotnet-resgen.Tests",
             "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests",
             "Microsoft.DotNet.Compiler.Common.Tests",
             "Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.Tests",
diff --git a/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen.Tests.cs b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen.Tests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2568a4f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen.Tests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using Xunit;
+using System;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen.Tests
+{
+    public class ResgenTests : TestBase
+    {
+        private readonly string _testProjectsRoot;
+        private readonly TempDirectory _root;
+
+        public ResgenTests()
+        {
+            _testProjectsRoot = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "TestAssets", "TestProjects");
+            _root = Temp.CreateDirectory();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Test_Build_Project_with_Resources_with_Space_in_Path()
+        {
+            var spaceBufferDirectory = _root.CreateDirectory("space directory");
+            var testAppDir = spaceBufferDirectory.CreateDirectory("TestProjectWithResource");
+
+            CopyProjectToTempDir(Path.Combine(_testProjectsRoot, "TestProjectWithResource"), testAppDir);
+
+            var testProject = GetProjectPath(testAppDir);
+            var buildCommand = new BuildCommand(testProject);
+
+            var result = buildCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
+        }
+
+        private void CopyProjectToTempDir(string projectDir, TempDirectory tempDir)
+        {
+            foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(projectDir))
+            {
+                tempDir.CopyFile(file);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string GetProjectPath(TempDirectory projectDir)
+        {
+            return Path.Combine(projectDir.Path, "project.json");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/dotnet-resgen.Tests.xproj b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/dotnet-resgen.Tests.xproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fdb3e11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/dotnet-resgen.Tests.xproj
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
+    <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>386d412c-003c-47b1-8258-0e35865cb7c4</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Resgen.Tests</RootNamespace>
+    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
+    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'" />
+  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/project.json b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d7afe52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dotnet-resgen.Tests/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0.0-*",
+
+  "dependencies": {
+    "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23811",
+
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities": { "target": "project" },
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils": {
+      "target": "project"
+    },
+
+    "xunit": "2.1.0",
+    "xunit.netcore.extensions": "1.0.0-prerelease-*",
+    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-dev-48273-16"
+  },
+
+  "frameworks": {
+    "dnxcore50": {
+      "imports": "portable-net45+win8"
+    }
+  },
+
+  "content": [
+    "../../TestAssets/TestProjects/TestProjectWithResource/**/*"
+  ],
+
+  "testRunner": "xunit"
+}