The invention relates to a drive for a driving rod (1) for a window or door, wherein a toothed wheel (7) which is, for example manually controlled by a hand lever, is rotationally mounted in a housing (4). A driving rod (3) movable along the housing (4) and directly or indirectly interacting with the teeth of the toothed wheel (7) is associated therewith. Abutments (13) extending in a parallel position to the axis of rotation (14) of the toothed wheel (7) are provided in the housing (4) for the hand lever fixing elements. Said housing (4) comprises two housing halves (5,6) in which the toothed wheel (7) bearing is placed. A spacer (8) is arranged between the housing halves (5,6) and comprises the abutments for the hand lever fixing elements and fixing elements connectable to said housing halves (5,6). The aim of said invention is to design a drive for the driving rod drive consisting of individual parts which are easily producible at low cost and mountable without any problem. For this purpose, the housing halves consist of identical plates (5, 6), the spacer (8) is embodied in the form of an angled metal sheet section which is placed between said plates and comprises at least one vertical web (15) which extends along the axis of rotation (14) of the toothed wheel (7) and is associated with said plates (5, 6) for fixing, the spacer (8) length approximately corresponds to the space between the fixing elements, and the abutments (13) are mounted on said spacer.