1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/deps.lua b/src/luarocks/deps.lua
index 7ad0b23e..a5af6206 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/deps.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/deps.lua
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function check_external_deps(rockspec, mode)
                   local files = {}
                   if not file:match("%.") then
                      for _, pattern in ipairs(dirdata.pattern) do
-                        table.insert(files, pattern:gsub("?", file))
+                        table.insert(files, (pattern:gsub("?", file)))
                      end
                   else
                      table.insert(files, file)