diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 8fb34377a9..bc9240f37c 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
 
 		<echo msg="Setting permissions for checkout of ${revision} in ${dir}" />
 		<!-- set permissions of all files to 644, directories to 755 -->
-		<exec dir="${dir}" command="find -type f|xargs chmod 644" escape="false" />
-		<exec dir="${dir}" command="find -type d|xargs chmod 755" escape="false" />
+		<exec dir="${dir}" command="find . -type f|xargs chmod 644" escape="false" />
+		<exec dir="${dir}" command="find . -type d|xargs chmod 755" escape="false" />
 		<!-- set permissions of some directories to 777 -->
 		<chmod mode="0777" file="${dir}/cache" />
 		<chmod mode="0777" file="${dir}/store" />