diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 86f4f726b..4903fe77c 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-18  Leonard den Ottolander  <leonard den ottolander nl>
+
+	* mc-wrapper.sh.in: Don't use "$()" construct as it is not portable
+	to f.e. SunOS. Use backticks instead.
+
 2006-03-15  Gergely Szasz  <szaszg@hu.inter.net>
 
 	* mc.ext.in: Add support for Perl .pod files.
diff --git a/lib/mc-wrapper.sh.in b/lib/mc-wrapper.sh.in
index a27a81bf9..8badfb848 100644
--- a/lib/mc-wrapper.sh.in
+++ b/lib/mc-wrapper.sh.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ MC_PWD_FILE="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$"
 @bindir@/mc -P "$MC_PWD_FILE" "$@"
 
 if test -r "$MC_PWD_FILE"; then
-	MC_PWD="$(cat "$MC_PWD_FILE")"
+	MC_PWD="`cat "$MC_PWD_FILE"`"
 	if test -n "$MC_PWD" && test -d "$MC_PWD"; then
 		cd "$MC_PWD"
 	fi