diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 231a4d4b5..243a87372 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20020123
+ - (djm) Fix non-standard shell syntax in autoconf. Patch from 
+   Dave Dykstra <dwd@bell-labs.com>
+
 20020122
  - (djm) autoconf hacking:
    - We don't support --without-zlib currently, so don't allow it.
@@ -7378,4 +7382,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1789 2002/01/22 12:52:17 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1790 2002/01/22 21:12:36 djm Exp $
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index de1c7f582..d002a3386 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-i# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.13 2002/01/22 12:51:43 djm Exp $
+i# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.14 2002/01/22 21:12:37 djm Exp $
 
 AC_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ssh.c])
@@ -915,10 +915,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(prngd-socket,
 			if test ! -z "$PRNGD_PORT" ; then
 				AC_MSG_ERROR(You may not specify both a PRNGD/EGD port and socket)
 			fi
-			if ! echo "$withval" | grep -q '^/' ; then 
+			if echo "$withval" | grep '^/' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then 
+				# Good
+			else
 				AC_MSG_ERROR(You must specify an absolute path to the entropy socket)
 			fi			
-			if ! test -r "$withval" ; then
+			if test ! -r "$withval" ; then
 				AC_MSG_WARN(Entropy socket is not readable)
 			fi
 			PRNGD_SOCKET="$withval"