diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/pcmciautils/pcmciautils.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/pcmciautils/pcmciautils.inc
index 80271d6a9a..065123682a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/pcmciautils/pcmciautils.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/pcmciautils/pcmciautils.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export udevrulesdir = "${nonarch_base_libdir}/udev/rules.d"
 export UDEV = "1"
 LD = "${CC}"
 CFLAGS =+ "-I${S}/src"
-CFLAGS =+ "-DPCMCIAUTILS_VERSION=\'${PV}\'"
+CFLAGS =+ "-DPCMCIAUTILS_VERSION=\\"${PV}\\""
 
 PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-e 'STRIP=echo' 'LIB_OBJS=-lc -lsysfs' 'LEX=flex'"