diff --git a/setup b/setup
index 09329cd..fb06ba6 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 						oe-init-build-env ${build_dir}
 
 				if [ "$(cat conf/templateconf.cfg)" = "${tmpl}" ]; then
-					sed "s/^\(MACHINE\s*[?:]*\s*=\s*\).*$/\1${target}/" \
+					sed "s/^\(MACHINE\s*[?:]*\s*=\s*\).*$/\1\"${target}\"/" \
 						-i conf/local.conf
 				fi
 				return