diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9c84cb239f..aee8adfef2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-03-19  Roland McGrath  <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
 
+	* Makerules (Versions.all): Use $(foreach ...) instead of sh for loop
+	for $(map-firstversions), which better handles it being empty.
+
 	* shlib-versions [USE_IN_LIBIO] (.*-.*-gnu-gnu*): Set earliest
 	supported version for libc 0.2.90.libio to GLIBC_2.2.
 
diff --git a/Makerules b/Makerules
index fefbea0342..202c92239f 100644
--- a/Makerules
+++ b/Makerules
@@ -294,9 +294,7 @@ $(common-objpfx)Versions.all: $(..)scripts/firstversions.awk \
 	                      $(..)Versions.def \
 			      $(wildcard $(add-ons:%=$(..)%/Versions.def)) \
 			      $(common-objpfx)soversions.mk
-	{ for map in $(map-firstversions); do \
-	    echo $$map; \
-	  done | sed 's/:/ : /'; \
+	{ $(foreach map,$(map-firstversions),echo '$(subst :, : ,$(map))';) \
 	  cat $(filter-out $< $(common-objpfx)soversions.mk,$^); \
 	} | LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -f $< > $@T
 	mv -f $@T $@