diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1289a34b4c..f6cfe573e0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ FETCHCOMMAND = "ERROR, this must be a BitBake bug"
 FETCHCOMMAND_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DL_DIR} '${URI}'"
 FETCHCOMMAND_cvs = "/usr/bin/env cvs '-d${CVSROOT}' co ${CVSCOOPTS} ${CVSMODULE}"
 FETCHCOMMAND_svn = "/usr/bin/env svn co ${SVNCOOPTS} ${SVNROOT} ${SVNMODULE}"
-CHECKCOMMAND_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget --spider -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DL_DIR} ${URI}"
+CHECKCOMMAND_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget --spider -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DL_DIR} '${URI}'"
 RESUMECOMMAND = "ERROR, this must be a BitBake bug"
 RESUMECOMMAND_wget = "/usr/bin/env wget -c -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DL_DIR} '${URI}'"
 UPDATECOMMAND = "ERROR, this must be a BitBake bug"