diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86e362e61..1371cf9fc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-10-18  Alan Coopersmith  <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>
+
+	* hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am:
+	Don't use $< in explicit rules since neither BSD nor Solaris make
+	allow that.
+
 2005-10-17  Aaron Plattner  <aplattner@nvidia.com>
 
 	* hw/xfree86/loader/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am b/hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am
index 1444f1ce6..2c6bcaea3 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xfree86/utils/xorgcfg/Makefile.am
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ CPP_FILES_FLAGS = -D__VENDORNAME__="@VENDOR_STRING@" \
 # dear automake: it would be really nice if you would actually put things into
 # .SUFFIXES so i wouldnt' have to do this.
 XOrgCfg: XOrgCfg.pre
-	$(RAWCPP) $(RAWCPPFLAGS) $(CPP_FILES_FLAGS) < $< | $(CPP_SED_MAGIC) > $@
+	$(RAWCPP) $(RAWCPPFLAGS) $(CPP_FILES_FLAGS) < XOrgCfg.pre | $(CPP_SED_MAGIC) > $@
 
 # Man page
 man1_MANS =  xorgcfg.man