diff --git a/net-dns/odsclient/odsclient-1.03-r1.ebuild b/net-dns/odsclient/odsclient-1.03-r1.ebuild
index 7222b961927db..7437ef0ff5eb9 100644
--- a/net-dns/odsclient/odsclient-1.03-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/odsclient/odsclient-1.03-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_compile() {
 	emake \
-		CC=$(tc-getCC) \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }