diff --git a/tests/bom.test b/tests/bom.test
index ae95e4bf..db9ab054 100755
--- a/tests/bom.test
+++ b/tests/bom.test
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ echo -n "testing for Byte Order Marks in source files ... "
 # TODO checking for other encodings (e.g. UTF-16, UTF-32, UTF-7) needs more elaborate search,
 # otherwise it shows many false positives
 
-egrep -rlI $'\xEF\xBB\xBF' . | tee tests/bom.check >/dev/null # UTF-8
+egrep -rlI $'\xEF\xBB\xBF' * | tee tests/bom.check >/dev/null # UTF-8
 
 if [ -s tests/bom.check ] ; then
 	echo "found:"