diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index dddcb4aaa6..8b4452466f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ get_deps() {
   for i in "${!deps[@]}"; do
     dep=${deps[$i]}
     dep_pkg=${deps_pkg[$i]}
-    [ -z "`which $dep 2>/dev/null`" ] && need+=($dep) && need_pkg+=($dep_pkg)
+    [ -z "`which $dep 2>/dev/null`" ] && need+=($dep) && need_pkg+=("$dep_pkg")
   done
 
   for i in "${!files[@]}"; do
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ get_deps() {
     installed=N
     [ "$(type -t "test_$file_pkg")" == "function" ] && test_$file_pkg && installed=Y
     [ $installed == N -a -f "$file" ] && installed=Y
-    [ $installed == N ] && need+=($file) && need_pkg+=($file_pkg)
+    [ $installed == N ] && need+=($file) && need_pkg+=("$file_pkg")
   done
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ case "$DISTRO" in
       ;;
     arch)
       deps+=(g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)
-      deps_pkg+=(g++ xorg-mkfontscale xorg-mkfontdir xorg-bdftopcf libxslt java-runtime-common jdk8-openjdk python2)
+      deps_pkg+=(g++ xorg-mkfontscale xorg-mkfontdir xorg-bdftopcf libxslt "java-runtime-common jdk8-openjdk" python2)
       ;;
     opensuse)
       deps+=( g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java python)