diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc0af2290e8..1294220eb84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell echo $(OS) | egrep -c 'Darwin|FreeBSD|OpenBSD|DragonFly'),1)
 DATE := $(shell date -j -r $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%at") +%Y%m%d%H%M)
-CPUS := $(shell sysctl hw.ncpu|awk '{print $2}')
+CPUS := $(shell sysctl hw.ncpu|awk '{print $$2}')
 else
 DATE := $(shell date --utc --date="$(GIT_DATE)" +%Y%m%d%H%M)
 CPUS := $(shell nproc)