diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index ffdafb2..d9f0cb8 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ cmd_gzip = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | gzip -f -9 > $@) || \
 
 # Bzip2 and LZMA do not include size in file... so we have to fake that;
 # append the size as a 32-bit littleendian number as gzip does.
-size_append = /bin/echo -ne $(shell					\
+size_append = printf $(shell						\
 dec_size=0;								\
 for F in $1; do								\
 	fsize=$$(stat -c "%s" $$F);					\