diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7e7ffe8bd..aadca9e1e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-11  Enrico Forestieri  <forenr@tlc.unipr.it>
+
+	* autogen.sh: also allow using autoconf 2.61.
+
 2006-11-24  Enrico Forestieri  <forenr@tlc.unipr.it>
 
 	* autogen.sh: allow using autoconf 2.60 and 2.60a.
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2fb7da412c..7a30252715 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ test "$autoversion" != "" && {
 }
 	    
 case $autoversion in
-    *' '2.5[2-9]|*' '2.60|*' '2.60a)
+    *' '2.5[2-9]|*' '2.60[ab]|*' '2.6[0-1])
 	EXTRA_ACINCLUDE_FILES="lyxinclude25x.m4"
 	;;
     *)
 	echo "This autoconf version is not supported by LyX."
-	echo "LyX only supports autoconf 2.5[2-9]-2.60[a]."
+	echo "LyX only supports autoconf 2.52-2.61."
 	exit 1
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index b1c3f365e8..c76828445e 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ What's new
 
 * Build/installation:
 
-- Allow autoconf 2.60 for building.
+- Allow autoconf 2.60 and 2.61 for building.
 
 * Miscellaneous