diff --git a/bfd/configure.in b/bfd/configure.in
index 94be9c34c7b..5d16c80d2c9 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.in
+++ b/bfd/configure.in
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ sgi)
 	;;
 none|nyu|sco)
 	case "${target_cpu}" in
-	i386) bfd_target=i386_coff ;;
+	i386) bfd_target=i386-coff ;;
 	a29k) case "${target_os}" in
 		aout) bfd_target=a29k-aout ;;
 		coff) bfd_target=a29k-coff ;;