diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
index cb3232404..abad766e4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.FilterFailedException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  */
 public class AddCommand extends GitCommand<DirCache> {
 
-	private Collection<String> filepatterns;
+	private List<String> filepatterns;
 
 	private WorkingTreeIterator workingTreeIterator;