diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index c6ae8ca938..9f6ace80fc 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Apr  9 11:44:21 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* configure.host: Switch on ${libdir}, not $(libdir).  From
+	alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au (Alan Modra).
+
 	* aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Always call add_dynamic_symbols
 	entry point, not just for DYNAMIC objects.
 	* sunos.c (sunos_add_dynamic_symbols): Always call
diff --git a/bfd/configure.host b/bfd/configure.host
index 73d69fd439..ca1136c2a3 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.host
+++ b/bfd/configure.host
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ if [ "${shared}" = "true" ]; then
     ;;
   *-*-linux*)
     SHLIB_CFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME)'
-    case "$(libdir)" in
+    case "${libdir}" in
       /lib | /usr/lib) ;;
       *) HLDFLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir)' ;;
     esac