diff --git a/BUILD/install_build_deps.sh b/BUILD/install_build_deps.sh
index e55a984e7..ca5189431 100755
--- a/BUILD/install_build_deps.sh
+++ b/BUILD/install_build_deps.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ then
     yum repolist all | grep PowerTools
     if [ $? == 0 ]
     then
-        enable_power_tools="enablerepo=PowerTools"
+        enable_power_tools="--enablerepo=PowerTools"
     fi
     sudo yum install -y --nogpgcheck ${enable_power_tools} \
          gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel bison glibc-devel \