diff --git a/bin/set-timestamps-from-git b/bin/set-timestamps-from-git
index 05b569bc..7b9d99ce 100755
--- a/bin/set-timestamps-from-git
+++ b/bin/set-timestamps-from-git
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # This can be useful when build tools depend on file timestamps to
 # make caching decisions
 
-for file in `find src examples -type f`
+for file in $(find src examples -type f -print)
 do
   timestamp=$(git log --pretty=format:%ad --date=format:%Y%m%d%H%M.%S -n 1 HEAD "$file" 2> /dev/null)
   if [ "x$timestamp" != "x" ]; then