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diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 682182c..a720232 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -560,7 +560,11 @@ class ExternalProgram:
with open(script) as f:
first_line = f.readline().strip()
if first_line.startswith('#!'):
- commands = first_line[2:].split('#')[0].strip().split()
+ # In a shebang, everything before the first space is assumed to
+ # be the command to run and everything after the first space is
+ # the single argument to pass to that command. So we must split
+ # exactly once.
+ commands = first_line[2:].split('#')[0].strip().split(maxsplit=1)
if mesonlib.is_windows():
# Windows does not have UNIX paths so remove them,
# but don't remove Windows paths