diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
index 22d7887b3..5aff52b7c 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ public class DirectoryScanner
             TokenizedPath newPath = new TokenizedPath(path, newfiles[i]);
             File file = new File(dir, newfiles[i]);
             String[] children = file.list();
-            if (children == null || file.isFile()) {
+            if (children == null || (children.length == 0 && file.isFile())) {
                 if (isIncluded(newPath)) {
                     accountForIncludedFile(newPath, file);
                 } else {