diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 494f5a88b7..5f83e3fcc5 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Wed Nov 29 23:14:27 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cygnus.com>
 
+	* configure.in: Treat m68k-sysv4 like m68k-elf, not m68k-sysv3.
+
 	* hash.c (struct hash_entry): Moved here...
 	* hash.h (struct hash_entry): ...from here.
 
diff --git a/gas/configure b/gas/configure
index 8f05b34b00..c092ceecc2 100755
--- a/gas/configure
+++ b/gas/configure
@@ -843,9 +843,10 @@ for this_target in $target $canon_targets ; do
       m68k-motorola-sysv*)  fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff em=delta ;;
       m68k-bull-sysv3*)     fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff em=dpx2 ;;
       m68k-apollo-*)        fmt=coff targ=apollo em=apollo ;;
+      m68k-*-sysv4 | m68k-*-elf) # must be before -sysv*
+			    fmt=elf ;;
       m68k-*-coff | m68k-*-sysv*)
 			    fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff ;;
-      m68k-*-elf)           fmt=elf ;;
       m68k-*-hpux*)         fmt=hp300 em=hp300 ;;
       m68k-*-lynxos*)       fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff
 			     em=lynx ;;
@@ -1431,7 +1432,7 @@ else
   # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
   # not just through cpp.
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1435 "configure"
+#line 1436 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
@@ -1445,7 +1446,7 @@ else
   rm -rf conftest*
   CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1449 "configure"
+#line 1450 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
@@ -1478,7 +1479,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1482 "configure"
+#line 1483 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
@@ -1530,7 +1531,7 @@ else
   ac_cv_c_cross=yes
 else
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1534 "configure"
+#line 1535 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 main(){return(0);}
 EOF
@@ -1554,7 +1555,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_alloca_h'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1558 "configure"
+#line 1559 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <alloca.h>
 int main() { return 0; }
@@ -1586,7 +1587,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_alloca'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1590 "configure"
+#line 1591 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
@@ -1645,7 +1646,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_os_cray'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1649 "configure"
+#line 1650 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #if defined(CRAY) && ! defined(CRAY2)
 webecray
@@ -1674,7 +1675,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1678 "configure"
+#line 1679 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -1728,7 +1729,7 @@ else
   ac_cv_c_stack_direction=0
 else
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1732 "configure"
+#line 1733 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 find_stack_direction ()
 {
@@ -1771,7 +1772,7 @@ else
   ac_cv_c_inline=no
 for ac_kw in inline __inline__ __inline; do
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1775 "configure"
+#line 1776 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 int main() { return 0; }
@@ -1811,7 +1812,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1815 "configure"
+#line 1816 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -1864,7 +1865,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1868 "configure"
+#line 1869 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -1917,7 +1918,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'gas_cv_assert_ok'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1921 "configure"
+#line 1922 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1974,7 +1975,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'gas_cv_decl_needed_malloc'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1978 "configure"
+#line 1979 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 $gas_test_headers
 int main() { return 0; }
@@ -2010,7 +2011,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'gas_cv_decl_needed_free'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2014 "configure"
+#line 2015 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 $gas_test_headers
 int main() { return 0; }
@@ -2049,7 +2050,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'gas_cv_decl_needed_errno'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2053 "configure"
+#line 2054 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
diff --git a/gas/configure.in b/gas/configure.in
index 2d0cece662..3972ffd8e0 100644
--- a/gas/configure.in
+++ b/gas/configure.in
@@ -197,9 +197,10 @@ changequote([,])dnl
       m68k-motorola-sysv*)  fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff em=delta ;;
       m68k-bull-sysv3*)     fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff em=dpx2 ;;
       m68k-apollo-*)        fmt=coff targ=apollo em=apollo ;;
+      m68k-*-sysv4 | m68k-*-elf) # must be before -sysv*
+			    fmt=elf ;;
       m68k-*-coff | m68k-*-sysv*)
 			    fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff ;;
-      m68k-*-elf)           fmt=elf ;;
       m68k-*-hpux*)         fmt=hp300 em=hp300 ;;
       m68k-*-lynxos*)       fmt=coff targ=m68kcoff
 			     em=lynx ;;