diff --git a/make/qt-defs.mk b/make/qt-defs.mk
index 65253000..9c2c190b 100644
--- a/make/qt-defs.mk
+++ b/make/qt-defs.mk
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ QT_MODULES                  ?= \
 
 endif
 
-QT_BIN_PREFIX               ?= $(shell pkg-config --variable=host_bins $(QT_MODULES))
+QT_BIN_PREFIX               ?= $(strip $(shell pkg-config --variable=host_bins $(QT_MODULES)))
 MOC                         ?= $(QT_BIN_PREFIX)/moc
 UIC                         ?= $(QT_BIN_PREFIX)/uic
 RCC                         ?= $(QT_BIN_PREFIX)/rcc