diff --git a/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild b/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
index 04acefe5304e3..41e4ede3f0614 100644
--- a/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
 }