diff --git a/c/src/ChangeLog b/c/src/ChangeLog
index a1b65d1cc3..d9d732aea6 100644
--- a/c/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-15	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+	* automake/compile.am: Add RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS.
+	Remove XLDFLAGS.
+
 2004-01-15	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
 
 	* wrapup/Makefile.am: Reflect changes to libchip/*.
diff --git a/c/src/automake/compile.am b/c/src/automake/compile.am
index da7232f7eb..79507c50a2 100644
--- a/c/src/automake/compile.am
+++ b/c/src/automake/compile.am
@@ -146,13 +146,14 @@ LINK_FILES =\
 
 if RTEMS_USE_GCC
 ## gcc >= 2.8
+RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS = -qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -Wl,-r
 define make-rel
-	$(LINK) -qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -Wl,-r $(XLDFLAGS) $^
+	$(LINK) $(RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS) $^
 endef
 else
 ## non-gcc
 define make-rel
-	$(LINK) $(XLDFLAGS) $^
+	$(LINK) $(RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS) $^
 endef
 endif