diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
index 1c43df9bfe..c324c14ea7 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-if [ $TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
+if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   WITH_64B_BFD="--enable-64-bit-bfd"
 fi