diff --git a/Kernel/makeall.sh b/Kernel/makeall.sh
index f594fdbc2c..b840174ff4 100755
--- a/Kernel/makeall.sh
+++ b/Kernel/makeall.sh
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ for targ in $build_targets; do
     fi
 done
 
-sudo -E PATH=$PATH ./build-image-qemu.sh
+sudo -E PATH="$PATH" ./build-image-qemu.sh
diff --git a/Kernel/sync.sh b/Kernel/sync.sh
index 1deccd8090..79e17d44ad 100755
--- a/Kernel/sync.sh
+++ b/Kernel/sync.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sudo -E PATH=$PATH ./build-image-qemu.sh
+sudo -E PATH="$PATH" ./build-image-qemu.sh