diff --git a/slurm.spec.in b/slurm.spec.in
index b608f8a27c1ffba6d672e0a3a7fb63a75d791461..391ca74dfb5b3aabf210e34a8344d49c504495b5 100644
--- a/slurm.spec.in
+++ b/slurm.spec.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
 # 
 # Don't strip installed binaries for now:
 #
-%define %__strip ""
+%define __strip ""
 
 
 %package devel