diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 659bcadcc4..a3b328f069 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-03-24  Roland McGrath  <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
+
+	* Makeconfig (sysd-sorted): Use $(..) on rhs of patsubst, so this rule
+	works properly in subdirs.
+
 1999-03-23  Roland McGrath  <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile: Undo last change.
diff --git a/Makeconfig b/Makeconfig
index c86628433a..3a5780aa5b 100644
--- a/Makeconfig
+++ b/Makeconfig
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ $(common-objpfx)sysd-dirs: $(common-objpfx)config.make $(all-Subdirs-files)
 all-Depend-files = $(wildcard $(..)*/Depend)
 $(common-objpfx)sysd-sorted: $(..)scripts/gen-sorted.awk $(all-Depend-files) \
 			     $(common-objpfx)sysd-dirs $(..)Makeconfig
-	(dirs='$(patsubst $(..)%/Depend,%,$(filter %/Depend, $^))';	\
+	(dirs='$(patsubst $(..)%/Depend,$(..)%,$(filter %/Depend, $^))';\
 	 for d in $$dirs; do						\
 	   while read on; do						\
 	     echo "depend $$d $$on";					\