diff --git a/runtime/compiler/tex.vim b/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
index 65e15cf..0925d17 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
+++ b/runtime/compiler/tex.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 " Vim compiler file
 " Compiler:     TeX
 " Maintainer:   Artem Chuprina <ran@ran.pp.ru>
-" Last Change:  2012 Apr 30
+" Contributors: Enno Nagel
+" Last Change:  2024 Mar 29
 
 if exists("current_compiler")
 	finish
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
 	else
 		let current_compiler = "latex"
 	endif
-	let &l:makeprg=current_compiler.' -interaction=nonstopmode'
+	let makeprg=current_compiler .. ' -interaction=nonstopmode'
+	execute 'CompilerSet makeprg=' .. escape(makeprg, ' ')
 else
 	let current_compiler = 'make'
 endif