diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 37c565831b..459a091929 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-04-21  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
+
+	* Makefile.in (*-subdir): Revamp slightly to avoid losing on
+	4.3BSD systems.
+
 2000-04-05  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
 
 	* splay-tree.c (splay_tree_remove): New.
diff --git a/libiberty/Makefile.in b/libiberty/Makefile.in
index 9aa57f06d4..054454e609 100644
--- a/libiberty/Makefile.in
+++ b/libiberty/Makefile.in
@@ -244,9 +244,10 @@ all-subdir check-subdir installcheck-subdir info-subdir	\
 install-info-subdir clean-info-subdir dvi-subdir install-subdir	\
 etags-subdir mostlyclean-subdir clean-subdir distclean-subdir \
 maintainer-clean-subdir:
-	@target=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/-subdir//'`; \
-	for dir in . $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
-	  test $$dir = . || (cd $$dir && $(MAKE) $$target) || exit 1; \
+	@if test "x$(SUBDIRS)" = x; then exit 0; fi; \
+	target=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/-subdir//'`; \
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
+	  cd $$dir && $(MAKE) $$target; \
 	done
 
 $(REQUIRED_OFILES) $(EXTRA_OFILES) $(LIBOBJS) $(ALLOCA): stamp-picdir