diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index ebd52e3dd6..1ff23b0d1e 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Sun Mar 20 11:26:36 1994  Jeffrey A. Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
 
+	* Makefile.in: Avoid bug in hpux sed.
+
 	* objcopy.c: Changes to keep it from stripping symbols used
 	in output relocations.
 	(mark_symbols_used_in_relocations): New function.  Mark symbols
diff --git a/binutils/Makefile.in b/binutils/Makefile.in
index c460035629..09fdf8bc6e 100644
--- a/binutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/binutils/Makefile.in
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ nlmheader.c: nlmheader.y
 	-mv y.tab.c nlmheader.c
 
 nlmconv.o: nlmconv.c
-	ldname=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; echo ld | sed -e "" $$t`; \
+	ldname=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; echo ld | sed -e "s/brokensed/brokensed/" $$t`; \
 	$(CC) -c -DLD_NAME="\"$${ldname}\"" $(INCLUDES) $(HDEFINES) $(TDEFINES) $(CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/nlmconv.c
 
 $(NLMCONV_PROG): nlmconv.o nlmheader.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(BFD)
diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog
index 320f3675c6..c6b86faff7 100644
--- a/gprof/ChangeLog
+++ b/gprof/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Mar 20 15:40:21 1994  Jeffrey A. Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* Makefile.in: Avoid bug in hpux sed.
+
 Wed Dec 15 20:16:40 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo@andros.cygnus.com)
 
 	* gprof.texi (Invoking): add text about -v flag
diff --git a/gprof/Makefile.in b/gprof/Makefile.in
index f1f5038e44..133e59c3f3 100644
--- a/gprof/Makefile.in
+++ b/gprof/Makefile.in
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ install-info:
 install: 
 	$(INSTALL_XFORM) gprof $(bindir)/gprof
 	$(INSTALL_XFORM1) $(srcdir)/gprof.1 $(man1dir)/gprof.1
-	-n=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; echo gprof | sed -e "" $$t`; \
+	-n=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; echo gprof | sed -e "s/brokensed/brokensed/" $$t`; \
 	  rm -f $(tooldir)/bin/gprof; \
 	  ln $(bindir)/$$n $(tooldir)/bin/gprof \
 	   || $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gprof $(tooldir)/bin/gprof;