diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 8e4fba9400..98fa0dd6a6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ autotools_stage_all() {
 	mkdir -p ${STAGE_TEMP}
 	oe_runmake DESTDIR="${STAGE_TEMP}" install
 	if [ -d ${STAGE_TEMP}/${includedir} ]; then
-		cp -fpPR ${STAGE_TEMP}/${includedir}/* ${STAGING_INCDIR}
+		cp -fpPR ${STAGE_TEMP}/${includedir}/ ${STAGING_INCDIR}
 	fi
 	if [ -d ${STAGE_TEMP}/${libdir} ]
 	then