diff --git a/dev-libs/shhopt/shhopt-1.1.7-r3.ebuild b/dev-libs/shhopt/shhopt-1.1.7-r3.ebuild
index 3710e4d865d37..c1fd89d7f6c88 100644
--- a/dev-libs/shhopt/shhopt-1.1.7-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/shhopt/shhopt-1.1.7-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc x86"
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build.patch )
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
 }
 
 src_install() {