diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 40359f73b3..d9aa875535 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -866,3 +866,4 @@ libtracker-data.so		libtracker		tracker-devel
 libtracker-extract-0.12.so	libtracker		tracker-devel
 libtracker-miner-0.12.so	libtracker		tracker-devel
 libtracker-sparql-0.12.so	libtracker		tracker-devel
+libmex-0.2.so			mex
diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/builddep_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/builddep_funcs.sh
index 75b2abe4b7..02f8299d63 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/builddep_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/builddep_funcs.sh
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ install_dependencies_pkg()
 		msg_normal "$pkgver: installing dependencies from repositories ...\n"
 		for i in ${notinstalled_deps}; do
 			if [ -z "$pkglist" ]; then
-				pkglist="\"$i\""
+				pkglist="${i}"
 			else
-				pkglist="${pkglist} \"$i\""
+				pkglist="${pkglist} ${i}"
 			fi
 		done
 		install_pkglist_from_repos "${pkglist}"