diff --git a/packages/python/devel/pygobject/package.mk b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/package.mk
index 6a75a6bec6..9a504dbefc 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/pygobject/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/package.mk
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-thread --disable-introspection"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
-  find $INSTALL/usr/lib -name *.py -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
-  find $INSTALL/usr/lib -name *.pyc -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
+  find $INSTALL/usr/lib -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
+  find $INSTALL/usr/lib -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
 
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/pygobject