diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1a629c09..9a0c4894 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: preconfigure
 	fi; \
 	echo "Using cmake: $$CMAKE_BIN"; \
 	cd $(TARGET_BUILD) && \
-	$(PRE_PROCESS_CONF) $$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $$CMAKE_BIN ../llvm/ \
+	$(PRE_PROCESS_CONF) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $$CMAKE_BIN ../llvm/ \
 	-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$(PROJECTS_LIST)" \
 	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION) \
 	-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \