--- a/src/journal-remote/meson.build	2018-02-23 17:16:01.289608040 -0500
+++ b/src/journal-remote/meson.build	2018-02-23 17:20:02.943604662 -0500
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@
         meson.add_install_script('sh', '-c',
                                  mkdir_p.format('/var/log/journal/remote'))
         meson.add_install_script('sh', '-c',
-                                 'chown 0:0 $DESTDIR/var/log/journal/remote &&
-                                 chmod 755 $DESTDIR/var/log/journal/remote || :')
+                                 '''chown 0:0 $DESTDIR/var/log/journal/remote &&
+                                 chmod 755 $DESTDIR/var/log/journal/remote || :''')
 endif