diff --git a/app-misc/sl/sl-5.02.ebuild b/app-misc/sl/sl-5.02.ebuild
index 155164f1eaaf6..5d88a10d53554 100644
--- a/app-misc/sl/sl-5.02.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/sl/sl-5.02.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=6
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC) CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
 src_install() {