diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
index 2d1ea6a7a..3162eb36e 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ ftpd_popen(char *program, char *type, int do_stderr, int no_glob)
 	/* glob each piece */
 	for (gargc = argc = 1; argv[argc] && gargc < MAXGLOBS - 1; argc++) {
 		glob_t gl;
-		int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_QUOTE|GLOB_TILDE;
+		int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_QUOTE|GLOB_TILDE
+#ifdef GLOB_LIMIT
+		    | GLOB_LIMIT
+#endif
+		    ;
 
 		memset(&gl, 0, sizeof(gl));
 		if (no_glob || glob(argv[argc], flags, NULL, &gl))