diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d832d93f2a5..0a6315b1af0 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-09  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (.po.gmo): Use POSIXLY_CORRECT argument ordering.
+
 Sun Dec  9 21:57:24 2001  Douglas B. Rupp  <rupp@gnat.com>
 
 	* config/alpha/t-vms (EXTRA_PARTS): Append $(VMS_EXTRA_PARTS)
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 906c2b0b1a3..6e2df4a9e92 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -3319,7 +3319,7 @@ update-po: $(CATALOGS:.gmo=.pox)
 # script does that.
 .po.gmo:
 	-test -d po || mkdir po
-	$(GMSGFMT) --statistics $< -o $@
+	$(GMSGFMT) --statistics -o $@ $<
 
 # The new .po has to be gone over by hand, so we deposit it into
 # build/po with a different extension.