diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c b/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
index 698c93a44..c38eaffd8 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftpd/ftpd.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,13 @@ send_file_list(char *whichf)
   char buf[MaxPathLen];
 
   if (strpbrk(whichf, "~{[*?") != NULL) {
-    int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_QUOTE|GLOB_TILDE|GLOB_LIMIT;
+    int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_QUOTE|GLOB_TILDE|
+#ifdef GLOB_MAXPATH
+	GLOB_MAXPATH
+#else
+	GLOB_LIMIT
+#endif
+	;
 
     memset(&gl, 0, sizeof(gl));
     freeglob = 1;
diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
index f4125e349..0f459f478 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftpd/popen.c
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ ftpd_popen(char *program, char *type, int do_stderr, int no_glob)
 	for (gargc = argc = 1; argv[argc] && gargc < MAXGLOBS - 1; argc++) {
 		glob_t gl;
 		int flags = GLOB_BRACE|GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_QUOTE|GLOB_TILDE
-		    | GLOB_LIMIT;
+		    |
+#ifdef GLOB_MAXPATH
+	GLOB_MAXPATH
+#else
+	GLOB_LIMIT
+#endif
+		    ;
 
 		memset(&gl, 0, sizeof(gl));
 		if (no_glob || glob(argv[argc], flags, NULL, &gl))