diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.common b/Shorewall-core/lib.common
index a189c4440..8b8721e12 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.common
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.common
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Shorewall 5.2 -- /usr/share/shorewall/lib.common
 #
-#     (c) 2010-2017 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
+#     (c) 2010-2018 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
 #
 #	Complete documentation is available at http://shorewall.net
 #
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ load_kernel_modules() # $1 = Yes, if we are to save moduleinfo in $VARDIR
 	. $modules
 	if [ $savemoduleinfo = Yes ]; then
 	    [ -d ${VARDIR} ] || mkdir -p ${VARDIR}
-	    echo MODULESDIR="$MODULESDIR" > ${VARDIR}/.modulesdir
+	    echo MODULESDIR=\"$MODULESDIR\" > ${VARDIR}/.modulesdir
 	    cp -f $modules ${VARDIR}/.modules
 	fi
     elif [ $savemoduleinfo = Yes ]; then
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index b604caadf..b47319fc7 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #     This program is under GPL [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt]
 #
-#     (c) 2007-2017 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
+#     (c) 2007-2018 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
 #
 #	Complete documentation is available at http://shorewall.net
 #
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ sub generate_script_3() {
 	my $fn = find_file( $config{LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY} ? 'helpers' : 'modules' );
 
 	if ( -f $fn && ( $config{EXPORTMODULES} || ( $export && ! $fn =~ "^$globals{SHAREDIR}/" ) ) ) {
-	    emit 'echo MODULESDIR="$MODULESDIR" > ${VARDIR}/.modulesdir';
+	    emit 'echo MODULESDIR=\"$MODULESDIR\" > ${VARDIR}/.modulesdir';
 	    emit 'cat > ${VARDIR}/.modules << EOF';
 	    open_file $fn;