diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index a7e66e29ca679a..551f2e670e84b9 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ list(TRANSFORM git_perl_scripts PREPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
 
 #install
 foreach(program ${PROGRAMS_BUILT})
-if(${program} STREQUAL git OR ${program} STREQUAL git-shell)
+if(program STREQUAL "git" OR program STREQUAL "git-shell")
 install(TARGETS ${program}
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 else()