diff --git a/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0_p20211129.ebuild b/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0_p20211129.ebuild
index 684a202323cb9..6f4a38509974a 100644
--- a/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0_p20211129.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0_p20211129.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	# Uses default LD=$(CC) but if the user's set LD, it'll call it
 	# bug #729432.
-	emake LD=$(tc-getCC) -C src
+	emake LD="$(tc-getCC)" -C src
 }
 
 src_test() {
diff --git a/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-9999.ebuild b/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-9999.ebuild
index d1fbfc6ec0251..90eb1c9135c32 100644
--- a/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo/johntheripper-jumbo-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	# Uses default LD=$(CC) but if the user's set LD, it'll call it
 	# bug #729432.
-	emake LD=$(tc-getCC) -C src
+	emake LD="$(tc-getCC)" -C src
 }
 
 src_test() {