diff --git a/stage2/make.mk b/stage2/make.mk
index 63ed654..a3169ad 100644
--- a/stage2/make.mk
+++ b/stage2/make.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ stage2.lsp: $(wildcard stage2/*.lsp)
 	# strip comments
 	sed -E '/^ *(;.*)?$$/d' $^ > stage2.lsp
 	if [[ "${SHUTDOWN}" == 1 ]]; then \
-		echo "(call-native shutdown$$ 0)" >> stage2.lsp \
+		echo "(call-native shutdown\\$$ 0)" >> stage2.lsp \
 	fi
 
 clean-stage2: