diff --git a/build/find_pcre.m4 b/build/find_pcre.m4
index 3d6985c5..f5da40a3 100644
--- a/build/find_pcre.m4
+++ b/build/find_pcre.m4
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if test -n "${pcre_path}"; then
     if test "$verbose_output" -eq 1; then AC_MSG_NOTICE(pcre CFLAGS: $PCRE_CFLAGS); fi
     PCRE_LDADD="`${PCRE_CONFIG} --libs`"
     if test "$verbose_output" -eq 1; then AC_MSG_NOTICE(pcre LDADD: $PCRE_LDADD); fi
-    PCRE_LD_PATH="/`${PCRE_CONFIG} --libs | cut -d"/" -f2,3,4,5,6 | cut -d " " -f1`"
+    PCRE_LD_PATH="/`${PCRE_CONFIG} --libs | cut -d'/' -f2,3,4,5,6 | cut -d ' ' -f1`"
     if test "$verbose_output" -eq 1; then AC_MSG_NOTICE(pcre PCRE_LD_PATH: $PCRE_LD_PATH); fi
 else
     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])