diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index bcbbceec7..ec1554ebf 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1582,7 +1582,11 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::OutputLinkLibraries(std::ostream& fout,
       {
       if(runtimeConcatenate)
         {
+#ifdef __QNX__
+        fout << runtimeSep << this->Convert(itr->c_str(), NONE, SHELL, false);
+#else
         fout << runtimeSep << *itr;
+#endif
         }
       else
         {