diff --git a/brp-python-hardlink b/brp-python-hardlink

index a937529..210d69c 100755

--- a/brp-python-hardlink

+++ b/brp-python-hardlink

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ fi

 find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type f -name "*.pyc" | while read pyc ; do

        pyo="$(echo $pyc | sed -e 's/.pyc$/.pyo/')"

        if [ -f "$pyo" ] ; then

-               csha="$(sha1sum -b $pyc | cut -d' ' -f 1)" && \

-               osha="$(sha1sum -b $pyo | cut -d' ' -f 1)" && \

+               csha="$(sha1sum -b "$pyc" | cut -d' ' -f 1)" && \

+               osha="$(sha1sum -b "$pyo" | cut -d' ' -f 1)" && \

                if [ "$csha" = "$osha" ] ; then

                        ln -f "$pyc" "$pyo"

                fi