diff --git a/src/mzscheme/gc2/Makefile.in b/src/mzscheme/gc2/Makefile.in
index 9b8c0e6e13..1d309d5290 100644
--- a/src/mzscheme/gc2/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/mzscheme/gc2/Makefile.in
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ all: xsrc
 	$(MAKE) $(XSRCDIR)/precomp.h
 	$(MAKE) xobjects
 	$(MAKE) ../mzscheme3m
-	$(MAKE)../mzscheme_compact_gc
+	$(MAKE) ../mzscheme_compact_gc
 
 xsrcs: $(XSRCS)