diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66c49ce755..c380a342a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Jul 27 14:33:33 1995  Doug Evans  <dje@canuck.cygnus.com>
+
+	* cfg-ml-pos.in (dotdot): Work around SunOS sed bug.
+
 Thu Jul 27 13:31:05 1995  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 
 	* config.guess (*:Linux:*:*): First try asking the linker what the
diff --git a/cfg-ml-pos.in b/cfg-ml-pos.in
index b45c3d8a1a..b66bb0799a 100644
--- a/cfg-ml-pos.in
+++ b/cfg-ml-pos.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -z "${with_multisubdir}" ]; then
   multisubdir=
 else
   multisubdir="/${with_multisubdir}"
-  dotdot=`echo ${with_multisubdir} | sed -e 's:[^/]*:..:g'`
+  dotdot=`echo ${with_multisubdir} | sed -e 's:[^/][^/]*:..:g'`
   # TOP is used by newlib and should not be used elsewhere for this purpose.
   # MULTITOP is the proper one to use.
   # FIXME: newlib needs to be updated to use MULTITOP so we can delete TOP.