diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cd82ffce77..256faa7e30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-21	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Use MKDIR_P instead of mkdir_p.
+
 2007-02-15	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* Makefile.maint: Use VERSION as master source for version.m4's.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 28bc2b9215..72e314980d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dist-hook:
 	  if test -f $(distdir)/$$i/configure.ac; then : ; \
 	  else \
 	    d=`dirname $(distdir)/$$i`; \
-	    $(mkdir_p) $$d;\
+	    $(MKDIR_P) $$d;\
 	    echo "cp -pR $(srcdir)/$$i $(distdir)/$$i"; \
 	    cp -pR $(srcdir)/$$i $(distdir)/$$i; \
 	  fi; \