diff --git a/src/pylorax/sysutils.py b/src/pylorax/sysutils.py
index fd8377ee..f80018b0 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/sysutils.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/sysutils.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class Linker(object):
         libdirs = ":".join(libdirs)
 
         ld_linux = None
-        pattern = re.compile(r"^RTLDLIST=(?P<ld_linux>.*)$")
+        pattern = re.compile(r'^RTLDLIST="?(?P<ld_linux>.*?)"?$')
 
         with open(self.LDDBIN, "r") as f:
             for line in f: