diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bbappend b/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bbappend
index 15b45ff..831f581 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bbappend
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PR .= ".1"
 
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := ":${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://rpm-fix-build-bug.patch \
 	   "