diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b271fe06e4d947e301c44589c5b48d1e1fe455c..f0f99fb4c63f0ec23ff46e86d028cf5bb34693ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rootfs.tar.xz:
 
 qemu-arm-static:
 	wget "$(QEMU_STATIC)" -O $@.tar.gz
-	echo "$(QEMU_CHECKSUM) $@.tar.gz" | sha512sum -c - || (sha512sum $@.tar.gz; false)
+	echo "$(QEMU_CHECKSUM)  $@.tar.gz" | sha512sum -c - || (sha512sum $@.tar.gz; false)
 	tar xf $@.tar.gz
 	rm -f $@.tar.gz