diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
index 0f459f478..9f9d344df 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ ftpd_popen(char *program, char *type, int do_stderr, int no_glob)
 		    ;
 
 		memset(&gl, 0, sizeof(gl));
-		if (no_glob || glob(argv[argc], flags, NULL, &gl))
+		if (no_glob || 
+		    glob(argv[argc], flags, NULL, &gl) || 
+		    gl.gl_pathc == 0)
 			gargv[gargc++] = strdup(argv[argc]);
 		else
 			for (pop = gl.gl_pathv;