diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/odbcsetup b/xCAT/postscripts/odbcsetup
index 1595c77d6..05077eb9c 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/odbcsetup
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/odbcsetup
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sub setupdb2odbc
     chomp $xcatcfg;
     my ($database, $instance, $password) = split('\|', $xcatcfg);
     $cmd = "$::XCATROOT/bin/db2sqlsetup -o -C";
-    $msg = "odbcsetup:Running Client ODBC setup. $cmd\n";
+    $msg = "odbcsetup: Running Client ODBC setup. \"$cmd\"\n";
     `logger -t xcat $msg`;
 
     $rc = &runcmd($cmd);