diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 047c6f2187b..730aff9e079 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-03-22  Colin Howell  <chowell@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (DO_X): Do not backslash single-quotes in backquotes.
+
 2001-03-22  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	Re-installed:
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cf55fea49ca..17c9c681a9b 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ $(DO_X):
 	    if (cd ./$$i; \
 	        $(MAKE) $(BASE_FLAGS_TO_PASS) "AR=$${AR}" "AS=$${AS}" \
 			"CC=$${CC}" "CXX=$${CXX}" "LD=$${LD}" "NM=$${NM}" \
-	                "`echo \"RANLIB=$${RANLIB}\" | sed -e \'s/.*=$$/XFOO=/\'`" \
+	                "`echo \"RANLIB=$${RANLIB}\" | sed -e 's/.*=$$/XFOO=/'`" \
 			"DLLTOOL=$${DLLTOOL}" "WINDRES=$${WINDRES}" \
 			$${target}); \
 	    then true; else exit 1; fi; \