diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 8d5b096..d2d19ff 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ buildhistory_commit() {
 			git add ${BUILDHISTORY_DIR}/*
 			HOSTNAME=`hostname 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
 			# porcelain output looks like "?? packages/foo/bar"
-			for entry in `echo $repostatus | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F/ '{print $1}' | sort | uniq` ; do
+			for entry in `echo "$repostatus" | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F/ '{print $1}' | sort | uniq` ; do
 				git commit ${BUILDHISTORY_DIR}/$entry -m "$entry: Build ${BUILDNAME} of ${DISTRO} ${DISTRO_VERSION} for machine ${MACHINE} on $HOSTNAME" --author "${BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT_AUTHOR}" > /dev/null
 			done
 			if [ "${BUILDHISTORY_PUSH_REPO}" != "" ] ; then