diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
index 3fcdf46bdb..a11c295ab4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Resource
         yield ResourceStageContext.new(self, staging)
       elsif target
         target = Pathname.new(target) unless target.is_a? Pathname
-        target.install Dir["*"]
+        target.install Pathname.pwd.children
       end
     end
   end