diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/connect_libvirt.rb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/connect_libvirt.rb
index e542581..a8ed969 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/connect_libvirt.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/action/connect_libvirt.rb
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           # Setup command for retrieving IP address for newly created machine
           # with some MAC address. Get it from dnsmasq leases table
-          ip_command =  "LEASES=$(find /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/ /var/lib/misc/ -name '*leases');"
-          ip_command << "[[ $LEASES ]] && grep $mac $LEASES | awk '{ print $3 }'"
+          ip_command =  %q[ LEASES=$(find /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/ /var/lib/misc/ -name '*leases'); ]
+          ip_command << %q[ [ -n "$LEASES" ] && grep $mac $LEASES | awk '{ print $3 }' ]
           conn_attr[:libvirt_ip_command] = ip_command
 
           @logger.info("Connecting to Libvirt (#{uri}) ...")