diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0ad97205..9eaf86b3 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ else
 endif
 
 MAKE_TARGETS="all"
-ifneq (,$(filter nodocs,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	MAKE_TARGETS += " doc"
+ifneq (,$(findstring nodocs, $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) 
+	MAKE_TARGETS += docs
 endif 
 
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1