diff --git a/waflib/Node.py b/waflib/Node.py
index c09d602e..3e110039 100644
--- a/waflib/Node.py
+++ b/waflib/Node.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ class Node(object):
 				nacc = []
 			return [nacc, nrej]
 
-		ret = [x for x in self.ant_iter(accept=accept, pats=[to_pat(incl), to_pat(excl)], maxdepth=25, dir=dir, src=src, remove=kw.get('remove', True))]
+		ret = [x for x in self.ant_iter(accept=accept, pats=[to_pat(incl), to_pat(excl)], maxdepth=kw.get('maxdepth', 25), dir=dir, src=src, remove=kw.get('remove', True))]
 		if kw.get('flat', False):
 			return ' '.join([x.path_from(self) for x in ret])