diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 567afecb90..495732a221 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Jun 18 12:03:10 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at majipoor.cygnus.com)
+
+	* install.sh: don't use dirname anymore (replaced with sed usage)
+
 Thu Jun 17 18:43:42 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 
 	* Makefile.in:  Change extension for gzip'd files from '.z' to
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 710497a637..649b960baa 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ fi
 
 # Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
 
-dstdir=`dirname $dst`
+## this sed command emulates the dirname command
+dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
 
 # Make sure that the destination directory exists.