diff --git a/scripts/pkg.sh b/scripts/pkg.sh
index 77536a9d..88c042f1 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkg.sh
@@ -1088,7 +1088,11 @@ cmd_milk_install_log()
 							file=`echo /$file | sed 's/inst-root\///; s%^//*%/%'`
 							#echo file is now \"$file\" >&2
 							#echo grep \"$prefix/*$file$\" $in >&2
-							line=`grep $file$ $in`
+							# match the end of the log line against
+							# the file path literally; the line may
+							# carry a prefix before the path, and a
+							# regex grep lets dots match other lines
+							line=`awk -v f="$file" '{ if (substr($0, length($0) - length(f) + 1) == f) print }' $in | head -n 1`
 							perm=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 1 "$line"`
 							owner=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 2 "$line"`
 							group=`milk_install_log_spec_attr 3 "$line"`