diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 43657f60..bb23b642 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if $SVN --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 	if test -f $srcdir/ChangeLog; then
 		CHANGELOG_VERSION=`head -n 2 $srcdir/ChangeLog| grep '^r' | sed 's/^r\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
 	fi
-	if test -z $CHANGELOG_VERSION; then
+	if test -z "$CHANGELOG_VERSION"; then
 		echo "Getting ChangeLog from svn..."
 		TZ=UTC $SVN log -v > $srcdir/ChangeLog
 	else