diff --git a/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk-1.7_2013_11_08.recipe b/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk-1.7_2013_11_08.recipe
index 39f1085dd..8d2d49743 100644
--- a/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk-1.7_2013_11_08.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk-1.7_2013_11_08.recipe
@@ -202,6 +202,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	# create a profile.d file that sets up JAVA_HOME
 	jdkProfile=$dataDir/profile.d/openjdk.sh
 	mkdir -p $(dirname $jdkProfile)
-	echo JAVA_HOME=`java-config -H` > $jdkProfile
+	echo 'JAVA_HOME=`java-config -H`' > $jdkProfile
 	echo "export JAVA_HOME" >> $jdkProfile
 }