diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 448e2e3bbe..02f6b74c55 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-10-10  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@broadcom.com>
+
+	* emultempl/elf32.em: Fix shell 'if' usage for portability.
+
 2001-10-08  Aldy Hernandez  <aldyh@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.tgt (targ): Add arm9e-*-elf.
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
index 105795549a..4264b6155a 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ echo '  ; else if (link_info.relocateable == true) return' >> e${EMULATION_NAME}
 sed $sc ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.xr                     >> e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 echo '  ; else if (!config.text_read_only) return'         >> e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 sed $sc ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.xbn                    >> e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
-if ! cmp -s ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.x ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.xn; then
+if cmp -s ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.x ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.xn; then : ; else
 echo '  ; else if (!config.magic_demand_paged) return'     >> e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 sed $sc ldscripts/${EMULATION_NAME}.xn                     >> e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 fi