diff --git a/helpers/make-meta-gnome3 b/helpers/make-meta-gnome3
index a2a5bc68da392bccf784656a1682dfee08a9ee74..4d90173a7f6b8d07a6938e8f1265951b8b9e1f4b 100644
--- a/helpers/make-meta-gnome3
+++ b/helpers/make-meta-gnome3
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 VERSION=1
 . ./config
 
-sed 's/firefox/abrowser/' -i debian/control*
+sed 's/firefox /abrowser /' -i debian/control*
 
 changelog "Replace firefox dependency with abrowser"
 compile