diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index f312013983..9e0acefc93 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-11  Theodore A. Roth  <troth@openavr.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in: Quote sed expression when generating transformed_name.
+
 2003-07-11  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (dwarf2-frame.o): Add complaints_h.
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 86cbc10356..a41af14f92 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ gdb.z:gdb.1
 install: all install-only
 install-only: $(CONFIG_INSTALL)
 	transformed_name=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; \
-			  echo gdb | sed -e $$t` ; \
+			  echo gdb | sed -e "$$t"` ; \
 		if test "x$$transformed_name" = x; then \
 		  transformed_name=gdb ; \
 		else \