compile mbedTLS

I try to use mbedTLS in a project with STM32F4. To compile the library you need to specify which header-file is used with a preprocessor macro, in my case -DMBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE='<config-picocoin.h>'

When i compile the code with crosscompile then i get the error

#include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>

at the first occurrence of #include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE

When i copy the echoed build command and execute it on the command line i don't get the error. Do i need to add any further quotes or escape characters ?