diff --git a/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild b/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
index 60746ff4b9..b3cc9dd2bf 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ src_prepare(){
 }
 
 src_compile(){
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) CXX=$(tc-getCXX) CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS} \
-		LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
+		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
 src_install(){