diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
index 13a791869d..54f34a79af 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ DISABLE_STATIC_pn-libusb1-native = ""
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_append = "${DISABLE_STATIC}"
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE_append_pn-libical = "-DSHARED_ONLY=True"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE_append_pn-libical = " -DSHARED_ONLY=True"