diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8aa8318303..3851696bfa 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Nov  5 05:58:03 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
+
+	* Makefile.in (init.c): Don't call sed if filename is empty.
+
 Thu Nov  4 08:27:24 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
 	* dbxread.c (unknown_symchar_complaint): Make message refer to
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 0079713fc8..60e051b6c3 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -505,8 +505,11 @@ init.c: $(OBS) $(TSOBS)
 	    -e '/version.o/d' \
 	    -e '/[a-z0-9A-Z_]*-exp.tab.o/d' \
 	    -e 's/\.o/.c/'` ; \
-	  sed <$(srcdir)/$$filename >>init.c-tmp -n \
-	    -e '/^_initialize_[a-z_0-9A-Z]* *(/s/^\([a-z_0-9A-Z]*\).*/  {extern void \1 (); \1 ();}/p' ; \
+	  case $$filename in \
+	    "") ;; \
+	    *) sed <$(srcdir)/$$filename >>init.c-tmp -n \
+	    -e '/^_initialize_[a-z_0-9A-Z]* *(/s/^\([a-z_0-9A-Z]*\).*/  {extern void \1 (); \1 ();}/p' ; ;; \
+	  esac ; \
 	done
 	@echo '}' >>init.c-tmp
 	@mv init.c-tmp init.c