diff --git a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
index 2967242822459d750b55bfb926c73c5c58ecae07..33fc14f5405050a7b5327735a60327849426473e 100644
--- a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
+++ b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ else
     if (! $?LD_LIBRARY_PATH) then
         setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $LOFARROOT/$lfr_libdir
     else
-        setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $LOFARROOT/$lfr_libdir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $LOFARROOT/${lfr_libdir}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     endif
     set lfr_pyt = "$LOFARROOT/$lfr_libdir/python$lfr_pyvv/site-packages"
     if (! $?PYTHONPATH) then