diff --git a/libs/libiio/patches/001-quote-strequal.patch b/libs/libiio/patches/001-quote-strequal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8b91f89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libiio/patches/001-quote-strequal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2017-10-23 22:24:46.000000000 +0200
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2017-11-18 20:31:27.943838662 +0100
+@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
+ 		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+ 	)
+ 
+-	if (${LIBIIO_GIT_REPO} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
++	if ("${LIBIIO_GIT_REPO}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+ 		execute_process(
+ 			COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
+ 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}