diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_%.bbappend b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_%.bbappend
index 291a61605f..1abb5bbcd1 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_%.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # networkmanager-applet requires glib support
-PACKAGECONFIG_append = "glib"
+PACKAGECONFIG_append = " glib"