diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 8c07a54..95eaf52 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 overwrite-hab-env = $(shell set -e; \
       test -n "$(CONFIG_HAB_CERTS_ENV)"; \
       test -n "$$$(1)"; \
-      echo -D$(1)=\"$(shell echo $$$(1))\")
+      echo -D$(1)=\\\"$(shell echo $$$(1))\\\")
 
 imxcfg_cpp_flags  = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -nostdinc -x assembler-with-cpp \
       -I $(srctree)/include -I $(srctree)/arch/arm/mach-imx/include \