diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-1.3.0-r1.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
index 7db9720128..65b48fb098 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ src_install() {
 
 pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "Screen freezing with --freeze" gui-apps/hyprpicker
-	optfeature "$XDG_PICTURES_DIR detection" x11-misc/xdg-user-dirs
+	optfeature "\$XDG_PICTURES_DIR detection" x11-misc/xdg-user-dirs
 }
diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-9999.ebuild
index 085e84d4c2..dce05abab1 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprshot/hyprshot-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ src_install() {
 
 pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "Screen freezing with --freeze" gui-apps/hyprpicker
-	optfeature "$XDG_PICTURES_DIR detection" x11-misc/xdg-user-dirs
+	optfeature "\$XDG_PICTURES_DIR detection" x11-misc/xdg-user-dirs
 }