diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_privileges/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_privileges/manifest
index fb4add45..c112604f 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_privileges/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_privileges/manifest
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 
 # We'll need MySQL/MariaDB
-require="__mysql" __nop $__object_id
+require="__mysql" __nop "$__object_id"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_user/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_user/manifest
index 09b3e2d8..833943f4 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_user/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__mysql_user/manifest
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 
 # We'll need MySQl/MariaDb to be installed
-require="__mysql" __nop $__object_id
+require="__mysql" __nop "$__object_id"