diff --git a/scripts/populate.in b/scripts/populate.in
index 5d8f5956..28a9740e 100644
--- a/scripts/populate.in
+++ b/scripts/populate.in
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ do_add_lib() {
                 *)      mode=0644;;
             esac
             ${CT_PRINTF} "      installing as '%s/%s', mode='%s'\n" "${dir}" "${true_libname}" "${mode}"
-            "${install}" -m "${mode}" "${libfile}" "${dir}/${true_libname}"
+            ${install} -m "${mode}" "${libfile}" "${dir}/${true_libname}"
             do_resolve_deps "${dir}/${true_libname}"
             return 0
         fi