1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cp_mv.c b/cp_mv.c
index 5e1a8415e..f56c6dd49 100644
--- a/cp_mv.c
+++ b/cp_mv.c
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ extern int cp_mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         usage(cp_mv_usage[dz_i]);
                 }
         } else {                                        /* (dz_i == is_mv) */
+                /* Initialize optind to 1, since in libc5 optind
+                 * is not initialized until getopt() is called
+                 * (or until sneaky programmers force it...). */
+                optind = 1;
                 recursiveFlag = preserveFlag = TRUE;
                 followLinks = FALSE;
         }