diff --git a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
index c1442ec8d4b6..d57b014ffe6e 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
+++ b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
 fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+CLASSWORDS_JAR=`echo "${M2_HOME}"/boot/plexus-classworlds-*.jar`
 
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if $cygwin; then
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ if $cygwin; then
     JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
   [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSWORLDS_JAR" ] &&
+    CLASSWORLDS_JAR=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSWORLDS_JAR"`
 fi
 
 # Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
-  -classpath "${M2_HOME}"/boot/plexus-classworlds-*.jar \
+  -classpath "${CLASSWORLDS_JAR}" \
   "-Dclassworlds.conf=${M2_HOME}/bin/m2.conf" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}"  \
   ${CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER} "$@"