diff --git a/am/guilec b/am/guilec
index 01a1682c5..a1774c5d2 100644
--- a/am/guilec
+++ b/am/guilec
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ CLEANFILES = $(GOBJECTS)
 
 SUFFIXES = .scm .go
 .scm.go:
-	$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-guile-env $(top_builddir)/guile-tools compile $<
+	$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-guile-env $(top_builddir)/guile-tools compile -o "$@" "$<"