diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
index 5a20a2ac52a..2a7d1078601 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ MingwBackend::GetVersionString ( const string& versionCommand )
 	buffer[i] = '\0';
 	pclose ( fp );
 
-	char separators[] = " ";
+	char separators[] = " ()";
 	char *token;
 	char *prevtoken = NULL;