diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
index d83c636e48..c4e3c9ff7a 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ python do_menuconfig() {
     # ensure that environment variables are overwritten with this tasks 'd' values
     d.appendVar("OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS", " PKG_CONFIG_DIR PKG_CONFIG_PATH PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR")
 
-    oe_terminal("sh -c \"make %s; if [ \\$? -ne 0 ]; then echo 'Command failed.'; printf 'Press any key to continue... '; read r; fi\"" % d.getVar('KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND'),
+    oe_terminal("sh -c 'make %s; if [ \\$? -ne 0 ]; then echo \"Command failed.\"; printf \"Press any key to continue... \"; read r; fi'" % d.getVar('KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND'),
                 d.getVar('PN') + ' Configuration', d)
 
     # FIXME this check can be removed when the minimum bitbake version has been bumped