diff --git a/tools/build/makeshorewall b/tools/build/makeshorewall
index 763133758..79d363d28 100755
--- a/tools/build/makeshorewall
+++ b/tools/build/makeshorewall
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ if [ -n "${BUILDTARBALL}${BUILDRPM}" ]; then
 	    # Do this at build time so that the Gentoo people don't wet their pants
 	    #
 	    do_or_die cp $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall.conf $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall.configfiles
-	    do_or_die perl -p -w -i -e 's|^CONFIG_PATH=.*|CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/shorewall/configfiles:/usr/share/shorewall|;' $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall.conffiles
+	    do_or_die "perl -p -w -i -e \'s|^CONFIG_PATH=.*|CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/shorewall/configfiles:/usr/share/shorewall|;\' $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall.conffiles"
 	fi
 
 	progress_message "Creating $DIR/$TARBALL..."