rubber fails with spaces in file path

Binary package hint: rubber

Rubber fails to compile documents when the file path contains spaces:

frederik@FredDesk:~/Desktop/test dir$ rubber --pdf test
compiling test.tex...
Could not run pdflatex.

This generates a file texput.log:

----8<----
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=pdflatex 2007.5.9) 27 JUN 2007 07:20
entering extended mode
**\nonstopmode \input{/home/frederik/Desktop/test dir/test.tex}^^M

! Emergency stop.
<read *>

<*> ...t{/home/frederik/Desktop/test dir/test.tex}
                                                  ^^M
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
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pdflatex test.tex runs fine and generates test.pdf. After pdflatex ran (and thus the help files are present), rubber indefinitely compiles the document until one forces it to quit:

frederik@FredDesk:~/Desktop/test dir$ rubber --pdf test
compiling test.tex...
compiling test.tex...
compiling test.tex...
compiling test.tex...
compiling test.tex...
*** interrupted
*** interrupted