diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 19679ce52c4..647c4af6a70 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Nov  1 15:04:57 1995  Manfred Hollstein KS/EF4A 60/1F/110 #40283  <manfred@lts.sel.alcatel.de>
+
+	* Makefile.in (syslex.o): add -I$(srcdir) if compiling in a
+	separate directory.
+
 Mon Oct 30 14:24:18 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* objdump.c (objdump_print_value): New static function.
diff --git a/binutils/Makefile.in b/binutils/Makefile.in
index 97bc6a19f48..05a5523d36d 100644
--- a/binutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/binutils/Makefile.in
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ syslex.o: syslex.c sysinfo.h
 	if [ -r syslex.c ]; then \
 	  $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -c -I. $(CFLAGS)  syslex.c  ; \
 	else \
-	  $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -c -I. $(CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/syslex.c ;\
+	  $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -c -I. -I$(srcdir) $(CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/syslex.c ;\
 	fi
 
 sysinfo.o: sysinfo.c