diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3aad277be..d290d5a1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-09-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/Makefile.am (VARIABLES): fix srcdir != builddir glitch
+
 2001-09-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/ui.c: use the inline image data for default icon
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0b3f99ca7..82ef6a139 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ desktopfilesdir=$(datadir)/gnome/wm-properties
 desktopfiles_DATA=metacity.desktop
 
 IMAGES=default_icon.png
-VARIABLES=default_icon_data default_icon.png
+VARIABLES=default_icon_data $(srcdir)/default_icon.png
 
 noinst_DATA = inlinepixbufs.h
 CLEANFILES += $(noinst_DATA)