diff --git a/update-alternatives.changes b/update-alternatives.changes
index 3115550..ce92997 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.changes
+++ b/update-alternatives.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  7 12:31:05 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Use ls . instead of * to avoid error when nothing is in alternatives
+  directory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 31 11:47:57 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/update-alternatives.spec b/update-alternatives.spec
index bd3feba..2dd7193 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.spec
+++ b/update-alternatives.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ install -m 0644 man/%{name}.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/
 touch %{_localstatedir}/log/alternatives.log
 # Fix broken alternatives list bnc#969171
 cd %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/
-for i in * ; do
+for i in $(ls .) ; do
     # continue on errors but still print them out
     update-alternatives --auto $i || :
 done