diff --git a/app-text/pspresent/pspresent-1.3-r1.ebuild b/app-text/pspresent/pspresent-1.3-r1.ebuild
index 20931af5b1d4f..24ed68ea8e0b2 100644
--- a/app-text/pspresent/pspresent-1.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/pspresent/pspresent-1.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
 }
 
 src_install() {