diff --git a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
index d6d848e07..fe0546dbb 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.210.recipe
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ BUILD()
 	# This is wrong on so many levels
 	SYS_LDFLAGS="-lbsd -lnetwork " # trailing space required!
 	for _i in flac libutf8proc lua RapidJSON sqlite3; do
-		SYS_CFLAGS+="`pkg-config $_i --cflags`"
-		SYS_LDFLAGS+="`pkg-config $_i --libs`"
+		SYS_CFLAGS+="`pkg-config $_i --cflags` "
+		SYS_LDFLAGS+="`pkg-config $_i --libs` "
 	done
 
 	ARCHOPTS="$SYS_CFLAGS $SYS_LDFLAGS" \