diff --git a/dpdkbuild/Makefile b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
index 37a72b26f..665ec96e6 100644
--- a/dpdkbuild/Makefile
+++ b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ DPDK_CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR)
 DPDK_LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
 endif
 
+DPDK_ENABLED_DRIVERS = $(shell echo $(DPDK_DRIVERS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")
+
 # crypto & compress deps
 DPDK_LIBS += reorder cryptodev
 DPDK_LIBS += compressdev
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ SUB_CC = $(patsubst %ccc-analyzer,$(DEFAULT_CC),$(CC))
 
 DPDK_ALL_LIB_DIRS = $(shell find $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/lib -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d)
 DPDK_ALL_LIBS = $(DPDK_ALL_LIB_DIRS:$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/lib/%=%)
-DPDK_DISABLED_LIBS = $(filter-out $(DPDK_LIBS),$(DPDK_ALL_LIBS))
+DPDK_DISABLED_LIBS = $(shell echo $(filter-out $(DPDK_LIBS),$(DPDK_ALL_LIBS)) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")
 
 ifneq ($(OS),FreeBSD)
 SED_INPLACE_FLAG = "-i"
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ all: $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp
 
 $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp: $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/cc.mk $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include/spdk/config.h
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp
-	$(Q)cd "$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk"; CC="$(SUB_CC)" meson setup --prefix="$(MESON_PREFIX)" --libdir lib -Dc_args="$(DPDK_CFLAGS)" -Dc_link_args="$(DPDK_LDFLAGS)" $(DPDK_OPTS) -Denable_drivers="$(shell echo $(DPDK_DRIVERS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")" -Ddisable_libs="$(shell echo $(DPDK_DISABLED_LIBS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")" $(DPDKBUILD_FLAGS) build-tmp
+	$(Q)cd "$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk"; CC="$(SUB_CC)" meson setup --prefix="$(MESON_PREFIX)" --libdir lib -Dc_args="$(DPDK_CFLAGS)" -Dc_link_args="$(DPDK_LDFLAGS)" $(DPDK_OPTS) -Denable_drivers="$(DPDK_ENABLED_DRIVERS)" -Ddisable_libs="$(DPDK_DISABLED_LIBS)" $(DPDKBUILD_FLAGS) build-tmp
 	$(Q)sed $(SED_INPLACE_FLAG) 's/#define RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH .*/#define RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH ""/g' $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp/rte_build_config.h
 
 clean: