diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 366d1a412989..d83722d38bcb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-02-16  Dave Love  <d.love@dl.ac.uk>
+
+	* Makefile.in ($(CONFIGURE_TARGET_MODULES)): Run configure with
+	CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null to forestall lossage with site configuration.
+
 Mon Feb 16 12:23:53 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <Manfred.Hollstein@ks.sel.alcatel.de>
 
 	* Makefile.in (BASE_FLAGS_TO_PASS, EXTRA_TARGET_FLAGS): Really add
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 80c67e982dd6..080937a683ff 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1167,11 +1167,11 @@ $(CONFIGURE_TARGET_MODULES):
 	      libsrcdir="$$s/$${dir}"; \
 	    fi; \
 	    if [ -f $${libsrcdir}/configure ] ; then \
-	      $(SHELL) $${libsrcdir}/configure \
+	      CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null $(SHELL) $${libsrcdir}/configure \
 		$(CONFIG_ARGUMENTS) $${srcdiroption} \
 		--with-target-subdir="$(TARGET_SUBDIR)"; \
 	    else \
-	      $(SHELL) $$s/configure \
+	      CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null $(SHELL) $$s/configure \
 		$(CONFIG_ARGUMENTS) $${srcdiroption} \
 		--with-target-subdir="$(TARGET_SUBDIR)"; \
 	    fi; \