diff --git a/src/Main/Main.make b/src/Main/Main.make
index 846c5662..b73a1cb1 100755
--- a/src/Main/Main.make
+++ b/src/Main/Main.make
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ FUSE_LIBS = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) $(VC_FUSE_PACKAGE) --libs)
 
 #------ Executable ------
 
-export TC_VERSION := $(shell awk -F '"' '/^[[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+VERSION_STRING[[:space:]]*"/ { print $$2; exit }' ../Common/Tcdefs.h)
+export TC_VERSION := $(shell awk -F '"' '/^[[:space:]]*\#define[[:space:]]+VERSION_STRING[[:space:]]*"/ { print $$2; exit }' ../Common/Tcdefs.h)
 
 #------ Linux package naming ------
 ifeq "$(PLATFORM)" "Linux"