diff --git a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
index b92799674a..c91f7bd16c 100644
--- a/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qmake5_base.bbclass
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH ?= "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/${QT_DIR_NAME}/mkspecs"
 OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM = "${TARGET_OS}-oe-g++"
 QMAKESPEC := "${QMAKE_MKSPEC_PATH}/${OE_QMAKE_PLATFORM}"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS=${PARALLEL_MAKE} '
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = " MAKEFLAGS='${PARALLEL_MAKE}'"
 
 EXTRA_ENV = 'QMAKE="${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} -d -after \
              INCPATH+=${STAGING_INCDIR}/freetype2 LIBS+=-L${STAGING_LIBDIR}" \
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index 43e3253056..d9cc487043 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 "
 
 EXTRA_ENV = 'MAKE="make -e ${PARALLEL_MAKE}"'
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' MAKEFLAGS=${PARALLEL_MAKE} '
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = " MAKEFLAGS='${PARALLEL_MAKE}'"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
   -prefix ${prefix} \