diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
index 57274e8ab..d43eeac9f 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   <target name="testDirsep">
       <pathconvert property="result" dirsep="|">
           <file file="foo/bar/baz" />
-          <globmapper from="${basedir}/*" to="*" />
+          <globmapper from="${basedir}/*" to="*" handledirsep="true" />
       </pathconvert>
       <au:assertPropertyEquals name="result" value="foo|bar|baz" />
   </target>