diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
index 96602426a..ed4b863d9 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/makenamed.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if [ ! -d /var/named ]; then
   mkdir "/var/named"
 fi
 echo "options {
-	directory $DIRECTORY;
+	directory \"$DIRECTORY\";
 	dump-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/cache_dump.db\";
 	statistics-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/named_stats.txt\";
 	memstatistics-file \"$DIRECTORY/data/named_mem_stats.txt\";