diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 1037598ea..f8f668c22 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-09-23  Chris Sutcliffe  <ir0nh34d@users.sf.net>
+
+	* Makefile.in: Don't include host_os as part of snapshot filename.
+
 2008-09-19  Keith Marshall  <keithmarshall@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	Fix MinGW-Bug [2119504].
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in b/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
index d8ba90603..1a46d59f3 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/mingw/Makefile.in
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	-rm -f Makefile
 
 ifdef SNAPDATE
-      distdir=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-$(SNAPDATE)-$(host_os)
+      distdir=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-$(SNAPDATE)
 else
    ifneq (,$(findstring cygwin, $(target_alias)))
       distdir=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)-$(CYGRELEASE)