--- 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}