diff --git a/src/script/ant b/src/script/ant
index b79123dfe..00cb3e2b4 100644
--- a/src/script/ant
+++ b/src/script/ant
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ if [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # add in the dependency .jar files
-DIRLIBS=${ANT_HOME}/lib/*.jar
-for i in ${DIRLIBS}
+DIRLIBS="${ANT_HOME}"/lib
+for i in "${DIRLIBS}"/*.jar
 do
     # if the directory is empty, then it will return the input string
     # this is stupid, so case for it
-    if [ "$i" != "${DIRLIBS}" ] ; then
+    if [ "$i" != "${DIRLIBS}/*.jar" ] ; then
       if [ -z "$LOCALCLASSPATH" ] ; then
         LOCALCLASSPATH=$i
       else