diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3de23c431..706fd1663 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-30  Andrew V. Samoilov  <sav@bcs.zp.ua>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Fix workaround for automake 1.5.
+
 2004-12-28  Leonard den Ottolander  <leonard * den ottolander nl>
 
 	* syntax/spec.syntax: Set whole on spec macro option keywords.
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index c69115f94..8f009f8c9 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ test -f configure || \
   { echo "autoconf failed to generate configure" 2>&1; exit 1; }
 
 # Workaround for Automake 1.5 to ensure that depcomp is distributed.
-# Uncomment this for Automake 1.5
-#$AUTOMAKE -a src/Makefile
+if test "`$AUTOMAKE --version|awk '{print $NF;exit}'`" = '1.5' ; then
+    $AUTOMAKE -a src/Makefile
+fi
 $AUTOMAKE -a
 test -f Makefile.in || \
   { echo "automake failed to generate Makefile.in" 2>&1; exit 1; }