diff --git a/xorg/st/build b/xorg/st/build
index 78990f0a..233d74a5 100755
--- a/xorg/st/build
+++ b/xorg/st/build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sed 's|Liberation Mono|Monospace|g' config.def.h > _
 mv -f _ config.def.h
 
 # Install terminfo to right location.
-export TERMINFO=$1/usr/share/terminfo
+export TERMINFO="$1/usr/share/terminfo"
 mkdir -p "$TERMINFO"
 
 make