diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 5aa1c17ca5e..df78591625a 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ then
   bogosities=
   for file in $losers; do
     file1=`echo $file | sed -e "s|.*/||"`
-    if ! sed -n -e "/^DONTCOMPILE/,/[^\\]\$/p" lisp/Makefile |
+    if ! sed -n -e "/^DONTCOMPILE/,/[^\\]\$/p" lisp/Makefile.in |
 	 grep -q "[ 	]$file1\($\| \)"; then
       case $file in
 	site-init.el | site-load.el | site-start.el | default.el)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ echo "Making links to \`lisp' and its subdirectories"
  ln [a-zA-Z]*.dat ../${tempdir}/lisp
  ## simula.el doesn't keep abbreviations in simula.defns any more.
  ## ln [a-zA-Z]*.defns ../${tempdir}/lisp
- ln ChangeLog Makefile makefile.nt ChangeLog.? ../${tempdir}/lisp
+ ln ChangeLog Makefile.in makefile.nt ChangeLog.? ../${tempdir}/lisp
  test -f README && ln README ../${tempdir}/lisp
  (cd ../${tempdir}/lisp
   rm -f TAGS =*