diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc.functions.in b/src/lxc/lxc.functions.in
index 8c25bd5cf..de268dfa4 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc.functions.in
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc.functions.in
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ bindir=@BINDIR@
 templatedir=@LXCTEMPLATEDIR@
 lxcinitdir=@LXCINITDIR@
 
-lxc_path=`lxc-config lxcpath
+lxc_path=`lxc-config lxcpath`
 lxc_vg=`lxc-config lvm_vg`
 lxc_zfsroot=`lxc-config zfsroot`