--- a/mk/lib.mk
+++ b/mk/lib.mk
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ LD_solib= lib${LIB}_pic.a
 .elif ${TARGET_OSNAME} == "Linux"
 SHLIB_LD = ${CC}
 # this is ambiguous of course
-LD_shared=-shared -Wl,"-soname lib${LIB}.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}"
+LD_shared=-shared -Wl,-soname,lib${LIB}.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}
 LD_solib= -Wl,--whole-archive lib${LIB}_pic.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 .if ${COMPILER_TYPE} == "gcc"
 # Linux uses GNU ld, which is a multi-pass linker