diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 7be613475..30368c7d9 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jun 17 18:27:59 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (subdirs): Previous change did not fix problem in
+	broken shells.
+
 Sat Jun 17 13:49:12 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Avoid installing dll if we're cross building and the
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in b/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
index b501f8d2d..31c0accc9 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ install: all $(install_dlls_host)
 	@$(MAKE) subdirs DO=$@ $(FLAGS_TO_PASS)
 
 subdirs: force
-	@test -z "$(SUBDIRS)" && exit 0; \
-	for i in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-	   echo "Making $(DO) in $${i}..." ; \
+	@for i in should-never-exist $(SUBDIRS); do \
 	   if [ -d ./$$i ] ; then \
+	     echo "Making $(DO) in $${i}..." ; \
 	     if (rootme=`pwd`/ ; export rootme ; \
 	       rootsrc=`cd $(srcdir); pwd`/ ; export rootsrc ; \
 	       cd ./$$i; \