diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index 58019005b..36c66ec04 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ build_attribute_list_for_copy (GFileAttributeInfoList *attributes,
 		g_string_append_c (s, ',');
 		
 	      g_string_append (s, namespaces->infos[i].name);
-	      g_string_append (s, ":*");
+	      g_string_append (s, "::*");
 	    }
 	}
     }