diff --git a/src/script/ant b/src/script/ant
index f00124342..4f28a909b 100644
--- a/src/script/ant
+++ b/src/script/ant
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ if $cygwin; then
   esac
   case "$LOCALCLASSPATH" in
     *\\ )
-    LOCALCLASSPATH="LOCALCLASSPATH\\"
+    LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH\\"
     ;;
   esac
   case "$CLASSPATH" in