diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 86c63b5ba..63eff91b1 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-06-18  Chris Sutcliffe  <ir0n3h4d@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* configure: add srcdir as a possible location for install-sh.
+
 2006-06-18  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* mingwex/dirent.c (_tGetFileAttributes): New helper function.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/configure b/winsup/mingw/configure
index f90689d35..ce119528d 100755
--- a/winsup/mingw/configure
+++ b/winsup/mingw/configure
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 ac_aux_dir=
-for ac_dir in ../.. $srcdir/../..; do
+for ac_dir in ../.. $srcdir/../.. $srcdir; do
   if test -f $ac_dir/install-sh; then
     ac_aux_dir=$ac_dir
     ac_install_sh="$ac_aux_dir/install-sh -c"