diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index c27ce1638db..4481b6ff498 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-11-15  Matthias Klose  <doko@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (if_multiarch): Don't use a GNU make 3.81 feature.
+
 2012-11-14  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	PR bootstrap/55051
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index fb2fd8657a3..ec13e2d5d1f 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -535,11 +535,13 @@ enable_multiarch = @enable_multiarch@
 with_float = @with_float@
 ifeq ($(enable_multiarch),yes)
   if_multiarch = $(1)
-else ifeq ($(enable_multiarch),auto)
-  # SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR is makefile syntax, cannot be evaluated in configure.ac
-  if_multiarch = $(if $(wildcard $(shell echo $(SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR))/../../usr/lib/*/crti.o),$(1))
 else
-  if_multiarch =
+  ifeq ($(enable_multiarch),auto)
+    # SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR is makefile syntax, cannot be evaluated in configure.ac
+    if_multiarch = $(if $(wildcard $(shell echo $(SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR))/../../usr/lib/*/crti.o),$(1))
+  else
+    if_multiarch =
+  endif
 endif
 
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