diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/openssl.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/openssl.cfg
index d3446fd4621ca31f6fdec7374faaa30f43a76277..bf23ac7a8d9d7823ee576bbed2b2e70d61d85b05 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/openssl.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/openssl.cfg
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ configure-options =
   zlib
 
 make-options =
-  LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib
-  SHARED_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib
+  LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib"
+  SHARED_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib"