diff --git a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
index d1b797ddcf..11a609b01b 100644
--- a/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton/skeleton.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SKELETON_SOURCE =
 SKELETON_ADD_TOOLCHAIN_DEPENDENCY = NO
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM),y)
-SKELETON_PATH = $(BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM_PATH)
+SKELETON_PATH = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM_PATH))
 else
 SKELETON_PATH = system/skeleton
 endif