diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index e617cdea08..198ead3a0d 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-11-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* po/Make-in (.po.gmo): Don't generate .gmo files in source
+	tree.
+
 2009-10-30  Doug Kwan  <dougkwan@google.com>
 
 	* arm.cc (Stub_addend_reader): Fix bug in previouls check-in.
diff --git a/gold/po/Make-in b/gold/po/Make-in
index 88ce78fa6e..86ff3143b9 100644
--- a/gold/po/Make-in
+++ b/gold/po/Make-in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ INSTOBJEXT = @INSTOBJEXT@
 	$(MSGFMT) -o $@ $<
 
 .po.gmo:
-	file=$(srcdir)/`echo $* | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
+	file=`echo $* | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
 	  && rm -f $$file && $(GMSGFMT) -o $$file $<
 
 .po.cat: