diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70505e91b42baf39ebfe2f0525424d56d89a553e..117bd44e65c43814aba239f3b5243342596a2376 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-08-11  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* config-ml.in (CC, CXX): Don't introduce a leading space.
+
 2000-08-07  DJ Delorie  <dj@delorie.com>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Add self as a DJGPP maintainer
diff --git a/config-ml.in b/config-ml.in
index 090cc2bb48223e5cc3ebbf45cc6df2864d3d1484..7d3ec84230fd25ee7c51c3fc4d25ca69c11cea86 100644
--- a/config-ml.in
+++ b/config-ml.in
@@ -766,11 +766,11 @@ if [ -n "${multidirs}" ] && [ -z "${ml_norecursion}" ]; then
 	for arg in ${CC}; do
 	  case $arg in
 	  -[BIL]"${ML_POPDIR}"/*)
-	    CC_="${CC_} "`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\1/p"` ;;
+	    CC_="${CC_}"`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\1/p"`' ' ;;
 	  "${ML_POPDIR}"/*)
-	    CC_="${CC_} "`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p""`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"` ;;
+	    CC_="${CC_}"`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p""`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"`' ' ;;
 	  *)
-	    CC_="${CC_} ${arg}" ;;
+	    CC_="${CC_}${arg} " ;;
 	  esac
 	done
 
@@ -778,11 +778,11 @@ if [ -n "${multidirs}" ] && [ -z "${ml_norecursion}" ]; then
 	for arg in ${CXX}; do
 	  case $arg in
 	  -[BIL]"${ML_POPDIR}"/*)
-	    CXX_="${CXX_} "`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"` ;;
+	    CXX_="${CXX_}"`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X-[BIL]${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"`' ' ;;
 	  "${ML_POPDIR}"/*)
-	    CXX_="${CXX_} "`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"` ;;
+	    CXX_="${CXX_}"`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X\\(${popdir_rx}\\).*/\\1/p"`/${ml_dir}`echo "X${arg}" | sed -n "s/X${popdir_rx}\\(.*\\)/\\1/p"`' ' ;;
 	  *)
-	    CXX_="${CXX_} ${arg}" ;;
+	    CXX_="${CXX_}${arg} " ;;
 	  esac
 	done