diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18703533be..98584e7d38 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Apr 28 15:03:05 1994  David J. Mackenzie  (djm@rtl.cygnus.com)
+
+	* configure.in: Only set host_makefile_frag if config
+	directory exists.
+
 Wed Apr 27 12:14:30 1994  David J. Mackenzie  (djm@rtl.cygnus.com)
 
 	* install.sh: If $dstdir exists, don't check whether each
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d47c6981d4..0619e2c869 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ srcname="gnu development package"
 
 # per-host:
 
+# Work in distributions that contain no compiler tools, like Autoconf.
+if [ -d ${srcdir}/config ]; then
 case "${host}" in
   m68k-hp-hpux*)	  host_makefile_frag=config/mh-hp300 ;;
   m68k-apollo-sysv*)      host_makefile_frag=config/mh-apollo68 ;;
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ case "${host}" in
   *-*-sysv4*)             host_makefile_frag=config/mh-sysv4 ;;
   *-*-sysv*)              host_makefile_frag=config/mh-sysv ;;
 esac
+fi
 
 # per-target: