diff --git a/src/script/ant b/src/script/ant
index d6c9467d9..e96172147 100644
--- a/src/script/ant
+++ b/src/script/ant
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ do
       if [ -z "$LOCALCLASSPATH" ] ; then
         LOCALCLASSPATH=$i
       else
-        LOCALCLASSPATH=$LOCALCLASSPATH:"$i"
+        LOCALCLASSPATH="$i":$LOCALCLASSPATH
       fi
     fi
 done