diff --git a/src/script/ant b/src/script/ant
index d7b43bba9..c2bbebaf1 100644
--- a/src/script/ant
+++ b/src/script/ant
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ if $cygwin; then
   LOCALCLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$LOCALCLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-$JAVACMD -classpath "$LOCALCLASSPATH" -Dant.home="${ANT_HOME}" $ANT_OPTS org.apache.tools.ant.Main $@
+$JAVACMD -classpath "$LOCALCLASSPATH" -Dant.home="${ANT_HOME}" $ANT_OPTS org.apache.tools.ant.Main "$@"