diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 8cab3bcd9..8e190954d 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-04-05  Mikael Djurfeldt  <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
 
+	* Makefile.am (scmconfig.h): Look for config.h in top_builddir,
+	not top_srcdir.
+
 	* hashtab.c (rehash_after_gc): Clear to_rehash list before
 	processing it in order to avoid an infinite loop.
 
diff --git a/libguile/Makefile.am b/libguile/Makefile.am
index 340d026fc..65cd20a42 100644
--- a/libguile/Makefile.am
+++ b/libguile/Makefile.am
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gen-scmconfig.$(OBJEXT): gen-scmconfig.c
 		$(COMPILE) -c -o $@ $<; \
 	fi
 
-scmconfig.h: ${top_srcdir}/config.h gen-scmconfig
+scmconfig.h: ${top_builddir}/config.h gen-scmconfig
 	rm -f scmconfig.h.tmp
 	cat $(srcdir)/scmconfig.h.top > scmconfig.h.tmp
 	./gen-scmconfig >> scmconfig.h.tmp