diff --git a/auto/lib/pcre/conf b/auto/lib/pcre/conf
index fe82130..972c106 100644
--- a/auto/lib/pcre/conf
+++ b/auto/lib/pcre/conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     CORE_DEPS="$CORE_DEPS $REGEX_DEPS"
     CORE_SRCS="$CORE_SRCS $REGEX_SRCS"
 
-    case $CC in
+    case "$CC" in
 
         cl)
             have=HAVE_PCRE . auto/have
diff --git a/auto/lib/pcre/make b/auto/lib/pcre/make
index a4f1402..1f26f5b 100644
--- a/auto/lib/pcre/make
+++ b/auto/lib/pcre/make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-case $CC in
+case "$CC" in
 
     cl)
         makefile=makefile.msvc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
         echo "$PCRE/pcre.h:"                                      >> $MAKEFILE
         echo "	cd $PCRE \\"                                      >> $MAKEFILE
-        echo "	&& CC=$CC $PCRE_OPT \\"                           >> $MAKEFILE
+        echo "	&& CC=\"\$(CC)\" $PCRE_OPT \\"                    >> $MAKEFILE
         echo "	./configure --disable-shared"                     >> $MAKEFILE
         echo                                                      >> $MAKEFILE
         echo "$PCRE/.libs/libpcre.a:	$PCRE/pcre.h"             >> $MAKEFILE