diff --git a/src/Make_mvc.mak b/src/Make_mvc.mak
index e3aba82..b103bdd 100644
--- a/src/Make_mvc.mak
+++ b/src/Make_mvc.mak
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
 PERL_INC = /I $(PERL_INCDIR)
 PERL_OBJ = $(OUTDIR)\if_perl.obj $(OUTDIR)\if_perlsfio.obj
 XSUBPP = $(PERL)\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp
-!if exist($(XSUBPP)
+!if exist($(XSUBPP))
 XSUBPP = $(PERL_EXE) $(XSUBPP)
 !else
 XSUBPP = xsubpp