diff --git a/lib/jekyll/command.rb b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
index ab553dd8..ea513e0d 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/command.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def self.globs(source, destination)
       Dir.chdir(source) do
         dirs = Dir['*'].select { |x| File.directory?(x) }
-        dirs -= [destination, File.realpath(destination), File.basename(destination)]
+        dirs -= [destination, File.expand_path(destination), File.basename(destination)]
         dirs = dirs.map { |x| "#{x}/**/*" }
         dirs += ['*']
       end