diff --git a/support/Makefile.devel b/support/Makefile.devel
index a0e8c2a21..d531dd884 100644
--- a/support/Makefile.devel
+++ b/support/Makefile.devel
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EINFO ?= echo
 PYTHON ?= python
 CUT ?= cut
 
-NAME ?= $(shell $(AWK) -F= '/^SELINUXTYPE/{ print $$2 }' /etc/selinux/config)
+NAME ?= $(strip $(shell $(AWK) -F= '/^SELINUXTYPE/{ print $$2 }' /etc/selinux/config))
 SHAREDIR ?= /usr/share/selinux
 HEADERDIR ?= $(SHAREDIR)/$(NAME)/include