diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 003520b56303e2f4e275d436827a6a6152c8f3a4..bfd17b145803950e4eaac1840aba4bc3771a5e7a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ wrapperbits	:= $(extra-y) $(addprefix $(obj)/,addnote hack-coff)
 # Bits for building various flavours of zImage
 
 ifneq ($(CROSS32_COMPILE),)
-CROSSWRAP := -C $(CROSS32_COMPILE)
+CROSSWRAP := -C "$(CROSS32_COMPILE)"
 else
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CROSSWRAP := -C $(CROSS_COMPILE)
+CROSSWRAP := -C "$(CROSS_COMPILE)"
 endif
 endif