diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
index 6ab3f738c2e3c3047490f6b60251b81feb467d73..653da7de6a7d1d466d6b346c9745a0cc8f2a1e31 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ endif
 
 # Locate all source files in the given directory, excluding files in Src_Files_EXCLUDE.
 define findsrc
-	$(notdir $(shell find $(1) \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) -a \! \( -name DUMMY $(addprefix -o -name ,$(Src_Files_EXCLUDE)) \) ))
+	$(notdir $(shell find $(1)/. ! -name . -prune \
+		-a \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) \
+		-a ! \( -name DUMMY $(addprefix -o -name ,$(Src_Files_EXCLUDE)) \)))
 endef
 
 Src_Files := $(foreach e,$(Src_Dirs),$(call findsrc,$(e)))
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
index 6e5e59b741685b51d53b07a025db0333f7c86d7a..93d8396faa9f0d26ca2f0d75e708c77003073c8a 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ endif
 
 # Locate all source files in the given directory, excluding files in Src_Files_EXCLUDE.
 define findsrc
-	$(notdir $(shell find $(1) \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) -a \! \( -name DUMMY $(addprefix -o -name ,$(Src_Files_EXCLUDE)) \) ))
+	$(notdir $(shell find $(1)/. ! -name . -prune \
+		-a \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) \
+		-a ! \( -name DUMMY $(addprefix -o -name ,$(Src_Files_EXCLUDE)) \)))
 endef
 
 Src_Files := $(foreach e,$(Src_Dirs),$(call findsrc,$(e)))
diff --git a/make/windows/create_obj_files.sh b/make/windows/create_obj_files.sh
index 61729a8ab7c214f2bc13f1553a1e555454956959..52ae0bb785c1bc09b2ffa88cfb7a1b59e75e012c 100644
--- a/make/windows/create_obj_files.sh
+++ b/make/windows/create_obj_files.sh
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ case "${Platform_arch_model}" in
 	"x86_64") Src_Files_EXCLUDE="${Src_Files_EXCLUDE} *x86_32*" ;;
 esac
 
+# Locate all source files in the given directory, excluding files in Src_Files_EXCLUDE.
 function findsrc {
-    $FIND ${1} \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) -a \! \( -name ${Src_Files_EXCLUDE// / -o -name } \) | sed 's/.*\/\(.*\)/\1/';
+    $FIND ${1}/. ! -name . -prune \
+		-a \( -name \*.c -o -name \*.cpp -o -name \*.s \) \
+		-a \! \( -name ${Src_Files_EXCLUDE// / -o -name } \) \
+		| sed 's/.*\/\(.*\)/\1/';
 }
 
 Src_Files=