diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/mkinstalldirs
index b81c8408..560ca1e3 100755
--- a/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/mkinstalldirs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Public domain.
 # Modified by Adam Fedor, Nicola Pero
 
-if test "$1"="-c"; then
+if test "$1" = "-c"; then
   CHOWN_TO="$2"
   shift 2
 else