diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f6ca9728f..476589e8c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	Work around automake-1.7 braindamage by providing an explicit rule
 	for XOrgCfg.
 
+	* hw/xfree86/Makefile.am:
+	More automake 1.7 braindamage: use mkdir -p, not $(mkdir_p).
+
 2005-10-17  Kristian Høgsberg  <krh@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Fix whitespace in AS_HELP_STRING uses, convert
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/Makefile.am b/hw/xfree86/Makefile.am
index abf70b68f..57ed328e8 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xfree86/Makefile.am
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ os-support/solaris/solaris-$(SOLARIS_INOUT_ARCH).il:
 	cd os-support/solaris ; make solaris-$(SOLARIS_INOUT_ARCH).il
 endif
 
+# do not use $(mkdir_p) if you want automake 1.7 to work
 install-data-local:
-	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(logdir)
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(logdir)
 
 
 install-exec-local: