diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6054e15c8f5..2ee267422c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-12  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@gnu.org>
+
+	PR bootstrap/18033
+	* config-ml.in: Eval option if surrounded by single quotes.
+
 2005-01-03  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
 
 	Revert 2004-12-28 Makefile changes, a better fix will be
diff --git a/config-ml.in b/config-ml.in
index 253e8dd04d9..d644bd2106b 100644
--- a/config-ml.in
+++ b/config-ml.in
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ ml_realsrcdir=${srcdir}
 ml_verbose=--verbose
 for option in ${ac_configure_args}
 do
+  # strip single quotes surrounding individual options
+  case $option in
+  \'*\') eval option=$option ;;
+  esac
+
   case $option in
   --*) ;;
   -*) option=-$option ;;