diff --git a/src/script/ant.bat b/src/script/ant.bat
index 261cf1ef5..4306669ce 100755
--- a/src/script/ant.bat
+++ b/src/script/ant.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if "%ANT_HOME%"=="" set ANT_HOME=%DEFAULT_ANT_HOME%
 set DEFAULT_ANT_HOME=
 
 rem Need to check if we are using the 4NT shell...
-if "%eval[2+2]" == "4" goto setup4NT
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto setup4NT
 
 rem On NT/2K grab all arguments at once
 set ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*