diff --git a/bin/plugin.bat b/bin/plugin.bat
index 8107ee8e943..24736dba4a7 100644
--- a/bin/plugin.bat
+++ b/bin/plugin.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
 for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set ES_HOME=%%~dpfI
 
 
-"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -Xmx64m -Xms16m -Des.path.home="%ES_HOME%" -cp "%ES_HOME%/lib/*" "org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginManager" %*
+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -Xmx64m -Xms16m -Des.path.home="%ES_HOME%" -cp "%ES_HOME%/lib/*;" "org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginManager" %*
 goto finally