diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh b/common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
index 708a0bbc7b4..61ea97998e4 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-configure/00-gnu-configure-asneeded.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 hook() {
 	: ${configure_script:=./configure}
 
-	if [ ! -f ${configure_script} ]; then
+	if [ ! -f "${configure_script}" ]; then
 		return 0
 	fi
 	# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2004-06/msg00002.html