diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 953fa26fb675..b764ce081931 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-02 Andreas Tobler <a.tobler@schweiz.ch>
+
+	* configure.host: Disable the interpreter for Darwin.
+
 2002-01-04  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* java/lang/Thread.java (stop): No longer synchronized.
diff --git a/libjava/configure.host b/libjava/configure.host
index 7ad3c3b87230..a0f46aaddd47 100644
--- a/libjava/configure.host
+++ b/libjava/configure.host
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ case "${host}" in
 	libgcj_interpreter=yes
 	enable_hash_synchronization_default=yes
 	;;
-  powerpc*-*)
+  powerpc*-linux*)
 	libgcj_interpreter=yes
 	;;
+  powerpc-apple-*)
+        libgcj_interpreter=no
+	;;
   sparc-*)
         ;;
   ia64-*)