diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
index 67221852a..59a360e2a 100644
--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-18  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
+
+	* Makefile.am (psyntax.pp): Reference compile-psyntax.scm in
+	$(srcdir) in order to support separate build trees.
+
 2001-09-08  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 
 	* optargs.scm (lambda*): Record the broken-down argument list in
diff --git a/ice-9/Makefile.am b/ice-9/Makefile.am
index 736d253f6..46185c4f1 100644
--- a/ice-9/Makefile.am
+++ b/ice-9/Makefile.am
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(ice9_sources) test.scm and-let-star-compat.scm
 
 if MAINTAINER_MODE
 psyntax.pp: psyntax.ss
-	GUILE_LOAD_PATH=$(srcdir)/..:.. ../libguile/guile -s compile-psyntax.scm $(srcdir)/psyntax.ss $(srcdir)/psyntax.pp
+	GUILE_LOAD_PATH=$(srcdir)/..:.. ../libguile/guile -s $(srcdir)/compile-psyntax.scm $(srcdir)/psyntax.ss $(srcdir)/psyntax.pp
 endif