diff --git a/make-libpciaccess-snapshot.sh b/make-libpciaccess-snapshot.sh
index 85d80b1..114491d 100755
--- a/make-libpciaccess-snapshot.sh
+++ b/make-libpciaccess-snapshot.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ msg="* $(date +'%a %b %d %Y') ${info[4]} <$user@redhat.com> $version-$release.$D
 - New snapshot, git revision $HASH.\\
 "
 
-sed -ie "s/^%define gitdate.*/%define gitdate $DATE/" \
+sed -i -e "s/^%define gitdate.*/%define gitdate $DATE/" \
 	-e "s/^%define gitrev.*/%define gitrev $HASH/" \
 	-e "s/^Source0:.*/Source0:        $DIRNAME-$DATE.tar.bz2/" \
 	-e "s/^Release:.*/Release:        $release.%{gitdate}%{?dist}/" \