diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/ChangeLog
index c3a30809fd..6c52a90020 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-14	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Explicitly check for OBJCOPY.
+
 2004-02-14	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Reflect changes to bsp.am.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/configure.ac b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/configure.ac
index 3d8829632a..3fb211d3c2 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/configure.ac
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/i386/pc386/configure.ac
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RTEMS_BSP_CONFIGURE
 
 RTEMS_PROG_CC_FOR_TARGET([-ansi -fasm])
 RTEMS_CANONICALIZE_TOOLS
+RTEMS_CHECK_TOOL(OBJCOPY,objcopy,:)
 RTEMS_PROG_CCAS
 
 RTEMS_CHECK_NETWORKING