diff --git a/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18.ebuild b/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18.ebuild
index de52c7c7b922a..4b30af5a4a673 100644
--- a/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18.ebuild
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ src_configure() {
 
 	local myqmakeargs=(
 		qpdfview.pro
-		CONFIG+="${myconfig[@]}"
+		CONFIG+="${myconfig[*]}"
 		PLUGIN_INSTALL_PATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}"
 	)
 	eqmake5 "${myqmakeargs[@]}"
diff --git a/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18_p1.ebuild b/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18_p1.ebuild
index e7a36da831a89..7587ade6b21bc 100644
--- a/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18_p1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/qpdfview/qpdfview-0.4.18_p1.ebuild
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ src_configure() {
 
 	local myqmakeargs=(
 		qpdfview.pro
-		CONFIG+="${myconfig[@]}"
+		CONFIG+="${myconfig[*]}"
 		PLUGIN_INSTALL_PATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}"
 	)
 	eqmake5 "${myqmakeargs[@]}"