diff --git a/src/unix/mimetype.cpp b/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
index 9e46216efc..fef68d3abf 100644
--- a/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void wxMimeTypesManagerImpl::Initialize(int mailcapStyles,
         }
 
         wxArrayString dirs;
-        wxStringTokenizer tokenizer(xdgDataDirs, ":");
+        wxStringTokenizer tokenizer(xdgDataDirs, ":", wxTOKEN_STRTOK);
         while ( tokenizer.HasMoreTokens() )
         {
             wxString p = tokenizer.GetNextToken();