diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f215ee43e2176a7ab5c0ff8481c11f0ef0dc07d6..c0b0555b77d30d5606d7569d8054667b7dfbf122 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-09  Laurynas Biveinis  <lauras@softhome.net>
+
+	* Makefile.in: handle DOS-style absolute paths.
+	* config-ml.in: likewise.
+	* symlink-tree: likewise.
+
 2000-12-08  Alexandre Petit-Bianco  <apbianco@cygnus.com>
 
 	* fastjar: Imported.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 9456df8f0e791e1ab5fc595d73e7666c60640028..195a219b135cafd25f9d540e9cd3e7c43c161c51 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ $(CONFIGURE_TARGET_MODULES):
 	    echo Configuring in $(TARGET_SUBDIR)/$${dir}; \
 	    cd $(TARGET_SUBDIR)/$${dir}; \
 	    case $(srcdir) in \
-	    /*) \
+	    /* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) \
 	      topdir=$(srcdir) ;; \
 	    *) \
 	      case "$(TARGET_SUBDIR)" in \
diff --git a/config-ml.in b/config-ml.in
index c968bf0d71918eaaa41665555836e0aa030475f2..42a2dd31c9d9a3d799aeee38bfb706ed0167ab6f 100644
--- a/config-ml.in
+++ b/config-ml.in
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ if [ -n "${multidirs}" ] && [ -z "${ml_norecursion}" ]; then
       ;;
     *)
       case "${srcdir}" in
-      /*) # absolute path
+      /* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]* ) # absolute path
         ml_newsrcdir=${srcdir}
         ;;
       *) # otherwise relative
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ if [ -n "${multidirs}" ] && [ -z "${ml_norecursion}" ]; then
     esac
 
     case "${progname}" in
-    /*)     ml_recprog=${progname} ;;
+    /* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]* )     ml_recprog=${progname} ;;
     *)      ml_recprog=${dotdot}${progname} ;;
     esac
 
diff --git a/symlink-tree b/symlink-tree
index 8f11c0879325bd306969c34cf8db541a0ea4fb0a..5b18cab92388f5d9bfde8e1f43f21a3cb21b74fd 100755
--- a/symlink-tree
+++ b/symlink-tree
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ ignore_additional=". .. CVS"
 # If we were invoked with a relative path name, adjust ${prog} to work
 # in subdirs.
 case ${prog} in
-/*) ;;
+/* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
 *) prog=../${prog} ;;
 esac
 
 # Set newsrcdir to something subdirectories can use.
 case ${srcdir} in
-/*) newsrcdir=${srcdir} ;;
+/* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) newsrcdir=${srcdir} ;;
 *) newsrcdir=../${srcdir} ;;
 esac