1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/emptydirs.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/emptydirs.sh.in
index 32b8d8ca..85ab39df 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/emptydirs.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/emptydirs.sh.in
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ tidy_remove+=('tidy_emptydirs')
 tidy_emptydirs() {
 	if check_option "emptydirs" "n"; then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing empty directories...")"
-		find . -depth -type d -exec rmdir '{}' + 2>/dev/null
+		# we are unable to use '-empty' as it is non-POSIX and not support by all find variants
+		find . -depth -type d -exec rmdir '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
 	fi
 }