diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 479634b206..25bfcd4568 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-03  Matthias Klose  <doko@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* emultempl/spuelf.em (base_name): Correct backslash quoting.
+
 2007-07-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em b/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
index 252b90f104..05adeb8582 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ base_name (const char *path)
   const char *file = strrchr (path, '/');
 #ifdef HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
   {
-    char *bslash = strrchr (path, '\\');
+    char *bslash = strrchr (path, '\\\\');
 
     if (file == NULL || (bslash != NULL && bslash > file))
       file = bslash;