diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e5f6dc55a..9da2c80d4 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ endif()
 if(JSON_Valgrind)
     find_program(CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND valgrind)
     message(STATUS "Executing test suite with Valgrind (${CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND})")
-    set(MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS "--error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full")
-    set(memcheck_command "${CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS}")
+    set(memcheck_command "${CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS} --error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full")
     separate_arguments(memcheck_command)
 endif()