diff --git a/scripts/xdg-terminal.in b/scripts/xdg-terminal.in
index aafc4ec..6e66a96 100644
--- a/scripts/xdg-terminal.in
+++ b/scripts/xdg-terminal.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ terminal_generic()
     terminal_exec=`which $TERM 2>/dev/null`
 
     if [ -x "$terminal_exec" ]; then
-        if [ x"$1" = x"" ]; then
+        if [ x"$1" == x"" ]; then
             $terminal_exec
         else
             $terminal_exec -e "$1"