diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindSSE.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindSSE.cmake
index d9ee9da928c4ead431f57836e6cf03801010186a..abf06ff4d7d7288838610a3639efb5001e069973 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindSSE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindSSE.cmake
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 If(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Linux)
   Exec_Program(cat ARGS "/proc/cpuinfo" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPUINFO)
-  String(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+  String(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
   String(COMPARE EQUAL "sse" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE_TRUE)
 ElseIf(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
   Exec_Program("/usr/sbin/sysctl -n machdep.cpu.features" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPUINFO)
-  String(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(SSE).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+  String(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(SSE).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
   String(COMPARE EQUAL "SSE" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE_TRUE)
 EndIf(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Linux)