diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
index cf063db8b0..7e4baecafe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ FILES_libavahi-gobject = "${libdir}/libavahi-gobject.so.*"
 FILES_avahi-utils = "${bindir}/avahi-*"
 
 # uclibc has no nss
-RRECOMMENDS_avahi-daemon_append_libc-glibc = "libnss-mdns"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_append_libc-glibc = "libnss-mdns"
+RRECOMMENDS_avahi-daemon_append_libc-glibc = " libnss-mdns"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_append_libc-glibc = " libnss-mdns"
 
 RRECOMMENDS_avahi-dev = "expat-dev libcap-dev libdaemon-dev dbus-dev glib-2.0-dev update-rc.d-dev"
 RRECOMMENDS_avahi-dev_append_libc-glibc = " gettext-dev"