--- a/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Tue Feb 05 09:53:33 2019 -0800
+++ b/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4	Tue Feb 05 09:56:19 2019 -0800
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([TOOLCHAIN_EXTRACT_LD_VERSION],
 [
   LINKER=[$]$1
-  LINKER_NAME=$2
+  LINKER_NAME="$2"
 
   if test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xsolstudio; then
     # cc -Wl,-V output typically looks like