diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 1f0597f..0dca7dc 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ run_configure() {
         --extra-cflags="%{optflags}" \
         --with-pkgversion="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}" \
         --with-suffix="%{name}" \
-        --firmwarepath=%firmwaredirs \
+        --firmwarepath="%firmwaredirs" \
         --meson="%{__meson}" \
         --enable-trace-backend=dtrace \
         --with-coroutine=ucontext \