diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e0dc145a6..69263cf3da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Sun Jun  9 01:11:49 1996  Roland McGrath  <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
 
+	* Make-dist ($(tardir).tar): Use sed to check for file names longer
+	than 14 chars, instead of doschk which checks for other things we
+	don't care about.
+
 	* Version 1.90 test release.
 
 	* Makerules (make-target-directory): Use ./mkinstalldirs so we do not
diff --git a/Make-dist b/Make-dist
index 980b2bdf88..01ef9c5b8e 100644
--- a/Make-dist
+++ b/Make-dist
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ dist.tar: $(tardir) $(+tsrcs)
 	tar chvf $@ $(addprefix $(tardir)/,$(filter-out $(tardir),$^))
 
 $(tardir).tar: dist.tar subdir_dist
-	tar xfv $< -C /tmp | doschk
+	@echo Files listed here have names exceeding 14 chars.
+	tar xfv $< -C /tmp | sed -n '/[^/]\{15,\}/p'
 	tar covf $@ -C /tmp $(tardir)
 	-rm -fr /tmp/$(tardir) &