diff --git a/rules/netperf/default.bash b/rules/netperf/default.bash
index 59a9ad7..79a1837 100644
--- a/rules/netperf/default.bash
+++ b/rules/netperf/default.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 version=\
 (
-    "2.6.0"
+    '2.7.0'
 )
 
 url=\
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ url=\
 
 md5=\
 (
-    "9654ffdfd4c4f2c93ce3733cd9ed9236"
+    'ad1c5342d61f297c417a93133aeba65a'
 )
 
 configure()
 {
     echo "ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes" > config.cache
-    ../netperf-$version/configure \
-        --prefix="${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr" \
-        --target=$cfg_target_canonical \
-        --host=$cfg_target_canonical \
+    "../netperf-$version/configure" \
+        --prefix="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        --target="$cfg_target_canonical" \
+        --host="$cfg_target_canonical" \
         --config-cache
 }
 
@@ -38,5 +38,3 @@ target_install()
   cp "${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr/bin/${cfg_target_canonical}-netperf" "${cfg_dir_rootfs}/usr/bin/netperf"
   cp "${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr/bin/${cfg_target_canonical}-netserver" "${cfg_dir_rootfs}/usr/bin/netserver"
 }
-
-