diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 63d379bcfb..b87227910e 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def set_compiler_flags (conf,opt):
             ('-Wall', '-Wpointer-arith', '-Wcast-qual', '-Wcast-align', '-Wno-unused-parameter'))
 
     c_flags.extend(('-Wstrict-prototypes', '-Wmissing-prototypes'))
-    cxx_flags.extend(('-Woverloaded-virtual', '-Wno-unused-local-typedefs))
+    cxx_flags.extend(('-Woverloaded-virtual', '-Wno-unused-local-typedefs'))
 
     #
     # more boilerplate