diff --git a/make/projects.mk b/make/projects.mk
index 9e82afb3..ca4f6c81 100644
--- a/make/projects.mk
+++ b/make/projects.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-version.mk
 
 ifneq ($(TOPDIR),)
-  proj_query_cmd             = PYTHONPATH=$(JWBDIR)/src/python $(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-projects.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) $(PROJECTS_PY_EXTRA_ARGS)
+  proj_query_cmd             = PYTHONPATH=$(JWBDIR)/src/python $(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-projects.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) $(PROJECTS_PY_EXTRA_OPTS)
   proj_query                 = $(shell $(proj_query_cmd) $(1))
   proj_dir                   = $(call proj_query,proj-dir $(1))
   htdocs_dir                 = $(call proj_query,htdocs-dir $(1))