diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 62e1e02126e61d5cde4945c9d7f922153ea6f90e..5552154cbedb723411708a2723f1a4f07a30890f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ trap "rm -f $tmp" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 # Check if we can link to ncurses
 check() {
-	echo -e " #include CURSES_LOC \n main() {}" |
-	    $cc -xc - -o $tmp 2> /dev/null
+        $cc -xc - -o $tmp 2>/dev/null <<'EOF'
+#include CURSES_LOC
+main() {}
+EOF
 	if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 	    echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the"       1>&2
 	    echo " *** required header files."                            1>&2