diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.6.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.6.bb
index c828b38772..40cd18fb09 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.6.bb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ do_install() {
 	ln -sf ./tclsh${VER} ${D}${bindir}/tclsh
 	ln -sf tclsh8.6 ${D}${bindir}/tclsh${VER}
 	sed -i "s;-L${B};-L${STAGING_LIBDIR};g" tclConfig.sh
-	sed -i "s;${WORKDIR};${STAGING_INCDIR};g" tclConfig.sh
+	sed -i "s;'${WORKDIR};'${STAGING_INCDIR};g" tclConfig.sh
 	install -d ${D}${bindir_crossscripts}
 	install -m 0755 tclConfig.sh ${D}${bindir_crossscripts}
 	install -m 0755 tclConfig.sh ${D}${libdir}