diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index deba212192b..d0501e97949 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Mar 25 02:02:13 1999  Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de>
+
+	* Makefile.in (RANLIB_TEST): Improve test.
+
 Thu Mar 25 01:15:33 1999  Donn Terry  <donn@interix.com>
 
 	* combine.c (force_to_mode, case PLUS): Use sign extended mask
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 93eef5e1ac1..478163bf6cb 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ RANLIB = ranlib
 # Test to use to see whether ranlib exists on the system.
 RANLIB_TEST = \
   [ -f $(RANLIB) ] \
-  || ( [ "$(host_canonical)" = "$(target)" ] \
-       && [ -f /usr/bin/ranlib -o -f /bin/ranlib ] )
+  || [ -f /usr/bin/ranlib -o -f /bin/ranlib ]
 
 # Compiler to use for compiling libgcc1.a.
 # OLDCC should not be the GNU C compiler,