diff --git a/build-cmd.sh b/build-cmd.sh
index 0373c093..dc5525a1 100755
--- a/build-cmd.sh
+++ b/build-cmd.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OPENSSL_INCLUDE="${stage}"/packages/include/openssl
 
 LIBCURL_HEADER_DIR="${CURL_SOURCE_DIR}"/include
 LIBCURL_VERSION_HEADER_DIR="$LIBCURL_HEADER_DIR/curl"
-version=$(perl -ne 's/#define LIBCURL_VERSION "([^"]+)"/$1/ && print'
+version=$(perl -ne 's/#define LIBCURL_VERSION "([^"]+)"/$1/ && print' \
           "$(cygpath -m "${LIBCURL_VERSION_HEADER_DIR}/curlver.h")")
 build=${AUTOBUILD_BUILD_ID:=0}
 echo "${version}.${build}" > "${stage}/VERSION.txt"