diff --git a/libsmbios/Makefile.am b/libsmbios/Makefile.am
index d1e3455..23a88ed 100644
--- a/libsmbios/Makefile.am
+++ b/libsmbios/Makefile.am
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ out/libsmbios_c/html/index.html: $(top_srcdir)/pkg/libsmbios_c.dox $(wildcard $(
 
 out/scripts/%.1 : src/bin/%
 	mkdir -p out/scripts
-	-$(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ --name=$^ "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$PWD/out/.libs python3 $^"
+	-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$$PWD/out/.libs $(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ --name=$^ "python3 $^"
 
 out/%.1 : out/%
 	-$(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ --name=$^ $^