diff --git a/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage b/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage

index 1978e14..d29ca6e 100644

--- a/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage

+++ b/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage

@@ -314,8 +314,9 @@ cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/%5 << EOF \

 . %{_javadir}-utils/java-functions\

 \

 # Source system prefs\

-if [ -f %{_sysconfdir}/java/%{name}.conf ] ; then\

-  . %{_sysconfdir}/java/%{name}.conf\

+_namedsyspref=%{_sysconfdir}/java/%{name}.conf\

+if [ -f \\$_namedsyspref ] ; then\

+  . \\$_namedsyspref\

 fi\

 \

 # Source user prefs\