diff --git a/xen/build.mk b/xen/build.mk
index 0f490ca71b..942ff3867f 100644
--- a/xen/build.mk
+++ b/xen/build.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 quiet_cmd_banner = BANNER  $@
 define cmd_banner
     if command -v figlet >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
-	echo " Xen $(XEN_FULLVERSION)" | figlet -f $< > $@.tmp; \
+	echo " Xen $(XEN_FULLVERSION)" | figlet -w 100 -f $< > $@.tmp; \
     else \
-	echo " Xen $(XEN_FULLVERSION)" > $@.tmp; \
+	echo "Xen $(XEN_FULLVERSION)" > $@.tmp; \
     fi; \
     mv -f $@.tmp $@
 endef