diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 7b9cf97c6..6ade894da 100644
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cat > automation/Makefile.am <<EOF
 ## This file is automatically generated.
 ## Please edit autogen.sh if you need to modify this file.
 
-automationdir = $(datarootdir)/aegisub/automation
+automationdir = \$(datarootdir)/aegisub/automation
 automation_DATA = \\
 EOF