diff --git a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonSystemComponent.cpp b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonSystemComponent.cpp
index 4e1a3dc06e..38660fce02 100644
--- a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonSystemComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonSystemComponent.cpp
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ namespace EditorPythonBindings
         {
             if (!oldPathSet.contains(thisStr))
             {
-                pathAppend.append(AZStd::string::format("sys.path.append('%s')\n", thisStr.c_str()));
+                pathAppend.append(AZStd::string::format("sys.path.append(r'%s')\n", thisStr.c_str()));
                 appended = true;
             }
         }