diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bbbd47aa..558d451f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: debian/lldb-$(LLVM_VERSION).install debian/lldb-$(LL
 	readlink compiler-rt
 
 	# Configure coverity (we need the compilers)
-	if test "$COVERITY_ENABLE" == "1"; then \
+	if test "$(COVERITY_ENABLE)" == "1"; then \
 		export PATH=$$PATH:/opt/cov-analysis/bin/; \
 		cov-configure --compiler clang --comptype gcc; \
 		cov-configure --compiler gcc-4.8 --comptype gcc; \