diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bzip2-static/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bzip2-static/default.nix
index e6c6fe6e3204..631850ca1eea 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bzip2-static/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/bzip2-static/default.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "bzip2-static-1.0.2";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/bzip2-1.0.2-static.tar.gz;
-  tarball = bzip2-1.0.2-static.tar.gz;
+  tarball = "bzip2-1.0.2-static.tar.gz";
 }