diff --git a/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-2.1.2.ebuild b/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-2.1.2.ebuild
index 10f71ab708d5b..8524e37a9eef0 100644
--- a/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-2.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-2.1.2.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
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
 }
diff --git a/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-9999.ebuild
index 9fc8d05978606..33ac17e5539a0 100644
--- a/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/fdupes/fdupes-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
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
 }