diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index 73c733db99..7b562be069 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-05  Allan Rae  <rae@itee.uq.edu.au>
+
+	* forms/Makefile.am: s/SUFFIX/SUFFIXES/ rule.
+
 2004-10-26  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* FormPreferences.[Ch]:
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am b/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
index 2de4eb6f4a..7bcbe464dc 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ libfdesign_la_LINK = touch libfdesign.la
 # These are used to generate the .[Ch] files from the .fd ones.
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 SCRIPT = $(srcdir)/fdfix.sh
-SUFFIX = .fd
+SUFFIXES = .fd
 
 .fd.C: $(srcdir)/fdfix.sh $(srcdir)/fdfix[ch].sed $(srcdir)/tmp_str.sed
 	{ [ $(srcdir) != . ] && [ ! -r $(<F) ] && $(LN_S) $< . ; } || true